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CHRYSTAL, William James Hastie

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rank: F/O
status: survived
airforce: RAAF (no: 402729 )
born: 1920-10-13 Wellington Australia

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Served on 452 Sqn.

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Squadrons:

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Airforce	Sqdrn	Start	Finish
RAAF	452 Sqn	1944-12-01	--
RAAF	457 Sqn	1944-10-28	1944-10-28

Aircraft:

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Serial	Note	Date
MT542		1944-11-02
MD338		1944-11-17
MD315		1944-11-23
MD315		1944-11-26
MT542	Destroyed by fire	1944-12-17

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AR389 "KH-D" Nose Over 27 April 1942 This plane had a nose over incident with 403 Squadron RCAF at North Weald on the 27 April 1942 and a picture of this incident is in the URL ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-24 ... details will move pic over, thanks. I'll move the pic over to 198, thanks for this. ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details agreement Yes, 100% agree that this is AD198 after crashing into a gun post/section post/seagull trench at RAF North Weald, December 1941; Often misat ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details CURRENT PICTURE IS "KH-O" SERIAL NUMBER AD198 This looks like a gun post not a lorry that Spitfire has come up against. This occurred on 27/12/1941 to AD198 "KH-O". See AD198 this also h ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details This aircraft I spotted on you tube in a German propaganda film called intense front line combat footage of German troops on upscale history ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-11 ... details Photo at RAF Hornchurch Photograph depicts X4067 having it's 610sqn markings painted over, as it is being transferred to 222 sqn. ... on: aircraft, 2025-10-28 ... details 122 Sqn Code MT-K BS387 ... on: aircraft, 2025-10-24 ... details 122 Sqn Code MT-P BL812 ... on: aircraft, 2025-10-24 ... details So the only actual part of this relic, needed to revive this particular a/c and it's serial would have been the original data plate, which c ... on: aircraft, 2025-10-22 ... details Image! I have a colourised image of MK940 and Jozef alongside this aircraft ... on: pilots, 2025-10-21 ... details

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