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F/L John Stuart Anderson

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Lt J Van Der Merwe

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W/C Patrick Henry Woodruff

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F/L Frank Henry Harrington

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Lt M Stevens

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F/L William John Henderson

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F/O Alan Sidney Holt

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F/L Harold James Strickland Taylor

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Sgt Charles Duncan Spruce

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W/O Dudley Albert Grinlington

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W/O Zenon Stefan Teofil Bartkowiak

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P/O Richard Alan Day

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W/C George Clinton Keefer

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F/O Leonard Edmond Williams

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P/O Robert William Theobald

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TP439

stats: FRXVIII KEA G65 ... details
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TP441

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stats: FRXVIII KEA G67 ... details
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TP444

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TP446

stats: FRXVIII ALD G67 ... details
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TP447

stats: FRXVIII Super G67 ... details
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TP448

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TP449

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TP375

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TP376

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TP377

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TP378

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Attribution

Details from Bowyer -'Aire Raid! - The enemy offensive against East Anglia 1939-1945' p.41 ...

on: pilots, 2023-10-03 ... details

20 Nov - possible confusion re: Do.17 an

Detail of He.111 incident involving 74 Squadron (pilots, Measures, Temple-Harris and Flinders) on 20 Nov 39 comes from Bowyer's book 'Air Ra ...

on: pilots, 2023-10-03 ... details

Correction

72 Course at 71 OTU appears to have been around Dec 1944 to Mar 1945, not as recorded above ...

on: pilots, 2023-09-16 ... details

Sgt Dave Webster

Sgt Webster was on 72 Course at 71 Operational Training Unit at Ismailia, Egypt around Sept to Dec 1944, then at 5 Refresher Flying Unit at ...

on: pilots, 2023-09-16 ... details

P7606 is the Polish spitfire incorrectly identified elsewhere on the internet as P8713. Details obtained from higher resolution photo of cap ...

on: pilots, 2023-08-29 ... details

"Syd" Ford

This pilot was s/l Leslie Sydney Ford later to be wing commander , D.F.C awarded at dieppe in this aircraft ,he later was awarded a bar to h ...

on: aircraft, 2023-08-25 ... details

Ft/Sgt Michael J Murayda

First assigned to Ft/Sgt Michael Murayda of 302 squadron in March of 1944. Squadron marking as shown in the above image. ...

on: aircraft, 2023-08-21 ... details

No. 315 ( Polish ) Squadron is listed as P8713 on day of shooting down and capture of aircraft by Germans ...

on: pilots, 2023-08-16 ... details