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* recent pilots updated

F/L John Beatson

from: Australia ELSTERNWICK ... details
update: 2026-08-09

W/O Fernand Daniel Jolicoeur

from: Canada ... details
update: 2026-08-08

F/L Lionel Henry Dawes

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-07

F/O Eric Dudley Murray Rippon

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-06

S/L Patrick Joseph Thomas Stephenson

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-06

P/O Robert W Bates

from: Canada ... details
update: 2026-08-06

F/O Jack Neville Yates

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-06

F/L Leonard Edward Brookes

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-06

F/L William Douglas James

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-06

P/O Stefan Baran

from: Poland Wolyn ... details
update: 2026-08-06

P/O John Thomson Boundy

from: United Kingdom Liverpool ... details
update: 2026-08-05

P/O Douglas Ian Grant

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-04

F/L Raymond Lenton Bellamy

from: United Kingdom Rochester ... details
update: 2026-08-04

F/Sgt Wilfred Edward Bolton Turner

from: New Zealand ... details
update: 2026-08-04

F/L Victor William Arthur Sheppard

from: United Kingdom ... details
update: 2026-08-04
 
* recent aircraft updated

VN488

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN489

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN490

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN491

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN492

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN493

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN494

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN495

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VN496

stats: F24 VAHPk G61 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP427

stats: Seafire-47 ? G87 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP428

stats: Seafire-47 ? G87 ... details
update: 2025-10-27

VP429

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

VP430

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

VP431

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

VP432

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

ER726

See related blog post in our blogs section on ER726 linkage to pilot Large. https://allspitfirepilots.org/articles/73 ...

on: pilots, 2025-10-11 ... details

ER726 Photo?

Some research indicates the photo attached may well be ER726, having suffered a crash landing in enemy territory in Algeria. .. ER726 d ...

on: aircraft, 2025-10-11 ... details

Spitfires flown Operationally at 277 Squ

Added Spitfires flown from serial numbers listed in the 277 Squadron ORB's. Added this list of dates to end of Bio/Text. ...

on: pilots, 2025-09-14 ... details

Call Sign Change

SM278 FU-? becomes FU-X in March 1945; TB304 is now FU-? S/L Esau ...

on: aircraft, 2025-09-14 ... details

Identity of man in middle of photo

I have information that the pilot in the middle is S/Ldr Witold Retinger of 308 Squadron. If anyone has any information or knows someone wh ...

on: aircraft, 2025-09-09 ... details

Wrong picture here, therefore deleted

The BW picture is a Mk.XIV Spitfire of 322 squadron and not TB747 which is definately a MK.XVI ...

on: aircraft, 2025-08-28 ... details

ER121 to 241 squadron

4 pilots went by road to Setif and collected 4 Spitfires ER121 included. Flown to Constantine. 22-2-43 ...

on: aircraft, 2025-08-19 ... details

111 squadron

ER171 also in 111 squadron end of 1943 ...

on: aircraft, 2025-08-18 ... details