RAINS, William Frank

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rank: P/O
status: unknown
airforce: RAF (no: 110557 )
born: 1922-10-12 Cheadle hulme United Kingdom

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William Frank RAINS RAF volunteer reserve

1 PRU 'D' Photo reconnaissance pilot officer then transferred to PRU4

Missing presumed KIA 1942-12-18 After failing to return from sortie in Tunis area
Spitfire disputed BR649 or BS495 or BS489
Remembered on memorial in Malta
Awarded US Air medal posthumously
I’m his niece - Caroline clark - grateful is anyone has any further information - thanks

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Airforce	Sqdrn	Date
RAF	1 PRU	1942-04-16

Aircraft:

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Serial	Note	Date
AB426	1 PRU D	1942-04-16
AB120	1 PRU D	1942-04-25
AB430	1 PRU D	1942-04-26
BP924	1 PRU D	1942-04-29
BP887	1 PRU D	1942-05-16
AB422	1 PRU D	1942-05-20
BP891	1 PRU D	1942-05-30
BP929	1 PRU D	1942-07-02
AB427	1 PRU D	1942-07-09
AB424	1 PRU D	1942-07-24
BR649	4 PRU	1942-12-18

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MITCHELL, Kenneth Robert I don't think he flew this aircraft but interesting looking into him. He was in 131 squadron. ...

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Spitfire IIa P8525 ZF-P pierwsze wspólne zestrzelenie me109 17.07.1941 Spitfire Vb AB968 ZF-H samodzielne zestrzelenie 24.20.1941 Spitfir ...

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R6692 used for wartime maintenance training film

Aircraft features in Spitfire maintenance film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkt2vtWzJcU ...

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Welcome Aristide, look forward to reading about your grandfather. ...

on: members, 2024-11-10 ... details

W/O Potvin crash landed at Foggia

Four a/c airborne for sweep Zagreb area, W/O Potvin burst tyre on t/o from Vis. He decided to do the sortie but the tyre flew off, so decide ...

on: aircraft, 2024-10-30 ... details

Flt.Lt F.H.C. Efford logbook

Hello Susan. How are you ? I contacted you some years ago. While I was working on Spitfire PR XI 's. I need to contact you. Best Ricardo ...

on: members, 2024-10-13 ... details

F/Lt FHC Efford

Afternoon Susan, I’m researching the history of a particular Spitfire, which I think your father may well have flown. I’d be very gratef ...

on: members, 2024-10-02 ... details

Not a Spitfire

That's not a Spitfire that's a pilot lol. Add the pilot. ...

on: aircraft, 2024-09-09 ... details

I too think it is MV239

I think it could be and have moved the image to MV239. There are only two possible ?V239 Spitfires MV239 and PV239. PV239 went to Russia, MV ...

on: aircraft, 2024-09-07 ... details

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