WHALL, Basil Ewart Patrick

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rank: Sgt
status: kia
airforce: RAF (no: 740484 )
born: 1918-09-24 Lewes, Sussex United Kingdom

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Battle of Britain veteran. Had a total of 7.5 aerial victories and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (London Gazette, 1 October 1940). Died of injuries on 7 October 1940 after a forced landing following combat with a Ju-88. At the time he was the pilot of "Spitfire I" #X4160 of No. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron.

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Airforce	Sqdrn	Date
RAF	602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron	1940-06-01
RAF	263 Squadron	1939-10-01

Aircraft:

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Serial	Note	Date
K9839	Destroyed 1 Do-17 in this aircraft	1940-08-16
L1019	Destroyed 2 Ju-87s in this aircraft	1940-08-18
R6601	Destroyed 2 He-111s in this aircraft	1940-08-26
N3282	Destroyed 1 Bf-109 in this aircraft	1940-09-07
N3282	Destroyed 1 Do-17 in this aircraft	1940-09-09
P9446		1940-09-18
X4389		1940-09-18
X4104		1940-09-30
X4160	Killed in this aircraft.	1940-10-07

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EF553 ... on: pilots, 2024-11-21 ... details MITCHELL, Kenneth Robert I don't think he flew this aircraft but interesting looking into him. He was in 131 squadron. ... on: pilots, 2024-11-21 ... details Planes Spitfire IIa P8525 ZF-P pierwsze wspólne zestrzelenie me109 17.07.1941 Spitfire Vb AB968 ZF-H samodzielne zestrzelenie 24.20.1941 Spitfir ... on: pilots, 2024-11-20 ... details R6692 used for wartime maintenance training film Aircraft features in Spitfire maintenance film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkt2vtWzJcU ... on: aircraft, 2024-11-17 ... details Welcome 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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EF553 ...

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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

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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