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* recent pilots updated

F/L Idris Trevarthen Garrett

from: Brazil Pelotas ... details
update: 2026-01-25

Sgt John Aubrey Hall

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-24

P/O Thomas Menzies Welch

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-22

Capt Frank Ackerman Hill

from: USA Nyack ... details
update: 2026-01-22

S/L Alan Francis Eckford

from: United Kingdom Oxfordshire Thame ... details
update: 2026-01-22

F/O Hansford Ward Chambers

from: New Zealand ... details
update: 2026-01-22

S/L Henry David Costain

from: United Kingdom Horton, Wales ... details
update: 2026-01-22

Sgt Ian MacLaren Dawson

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-21

P/O Alfred Robert Bray

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-21

Sgt John Oliver

from: New Zealand Blenheim ... details
update: 2026-01-21

S/L Allan Scott

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-21

F/L Richard Hope Hillary

from: Australia Sydney ... details
update: 2026-01-21

F/L Maurice Hicks

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-21

F/O Léopold-Joseph Mouzon

from: Belgium ... details
update: 2026-01-19

S/L Alexander Stewart Turnbull

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-01-18
 
* recent aircraft updated

VP492

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP493

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP494

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP495

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR961

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR962

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR963

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR964

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR965

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR966

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR967

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR968

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR969

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR970

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VR971

stats: Seafire-47 SM G88 ... details
update: 2025-10-27
 
* recent comments & questions

Image!

I have a colourised image of MK940 and Jozef alongside this aircraft ...

on: pilots, 2025-10-21 ... details

Also the tailplane is intact, I can't see how it would be if it landed inverted. I'll look through the possibilities of the last digit bein ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-17 ... details

maybe

remains a mystery, yes, it could be ER 723 if it landed just so, too bad there is no date on the back the original picture. Curious what th ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details

https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=ER723 ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details

Looking again at the picture I see the R/T mast still in place. Unless the Germans stuck it back in the hole after it was turned back. ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details

This Spitfire looks like it was turned back to the right way up owing to the wing. Two wings the same side. The Germans would of wanted to l ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details

Surviving 600 Sqn member

My good friend Peter Lovegrove was a pilot on 600 Sqn at this time, he was delayed by a fuel leak when the Sqn departed for Thorney Island f ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details

Photo change

ER726 photo needs to be changed to ER723 ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-13 ... details