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MYGIND, Wilfred John

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rank: F/L
status: survived
airforce: RNZAF    (no: NZ411091 )
born: 1918-06-04 Wellington New Zealand

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Trained at Levin.
73 squadron RAF

Wilfred served in Canada, British Isles, Italy, Palestine, West Africa, El Alamein to Tunisia, Corsica and also German occupied Yugoslavia.

Wilfred John Mygind
BIRTH
4 Jun 1918
DEATH
30 Aug 1995 (aged 77)
BURIAL
Archer Street Cemetery
Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand

Squadrons:

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RAF 73 1942-07-01

Aircraft:

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First Spitfires started to arrived. F/L Mygrind flew Hurricanes before June. 1943-06-10
ES280 Local flying. 1943-06-17
JK142 Local flying 1943-06-18
ES280 Local 1943-06-19
ES280 Local 1943-06-20
JK888 Local 1943-06-21
ES142 Local 1943-06-27
JK667 Local 1943-06-27
JK667 Dusk landings 1943-06-28
ES142 Local flying practice 1943-07-04
ES280 Local 1943-07-16
JK967 Patrolled convoy W. of Bizerte. 1943-07-18
ES142 Dusk landings 1943-07-19
ES280 Patrolled convoy Bizerte to Cap Bon. 1943-07-21
JK888 Patrolled convoy 1943-07-25
JK726 Patrolled convoy N. of Bizerte 04.40 to 07.00 1943-07-27
JK335 To Kairouan 1943-07-28
ES280 Army co-op 1943-07-30
ES280 Interception practice. 1943-08-07
ES280 Air test. 1943-08-09
JK726 Patrolled convoy 25 miles E. of Cap Bon. 1943-08-13
JK335 Search for dinghy E. of Cap Bon, did not find. 1943-08-16
ES280 Local flying practice. 1943-08-18
JK667 Scrambled over Bizerte at 20,000f. Informed bogeys are friendly. 1943-08-21
JK970 Scrambled over Bizerte different vectors. No E/A seen. 1943-08-23
JK726 Patrolled Bizerte at 25,000ft 1943-08-25
JL222 Cannon test. 1943-08-27
JK767 Local flying practice. 1943-08-30
JK767 Patrolled 20 miles N. of Bizerte. 1943-08-31
JK767 Local flying practice 1943-09-01
JK767 Local flying practice 1943-09-02
JK667 Patrolled Bizerte at 20,000ft 1943-09-03
JK767 Cannon firing. 1943-09-04
JK767 Local flying practice. 1943-09-18
JK767 Search for dinghy about 40 miles from Sebala. Dinghy found. 1943-09-19
20th September to 16th October Nil flying squadron move to Montecorvino, Italy. 1943-09-20
JK767 Patrolled shipping Capri to Licosa point. 1943-10-29
JK970 Patrolled shipping Capri to Licosa point. 1943-10-30
JK888 Patrol 1943-10-30
JK767 Gum co-op in the Bay of Salerno 1943-11-01
JK726 Patrolled convoy approaching Naples 1943-11-04
JK667 Patrolled Naples at 23,000ft 1943-11-05
JK888 Matin & Mygind spotted a DO.217 approaching Naples from Ischia it turned & was lost in clouds. 1943-11-07
JK970 Escorted very convoy into Naples Harbour 1943-11-10
BS344 Patrolled Naples at 23,000ft 1943-11-11
JK970 Patrolled convoy from Capri to Naples. 1943-11-13
JL161 Shipping recce Capri to Licosa piont 1943-11-14
JK767 Air test 1943-11-18
JK172 Patrolled Naples 1943-11-19
JK767 Recce & patrol convoy approaching Naples. 1943-11-22
JK970 Patrolled Naples 15.15 to 16.50 at 23,000ft 1943-11-26
JK726 Montecorvino to Foggia main, one squadron move. 1943-12-02
JK970 Local flying practice. 1943-12-07
MA311 Scrambled to intercept E/A but plot faded. 1943-12-08
JK970 Local flying practice. 1943-12-09
MA311 Scrambled to 10,000ft over base. Many vectors & a orbit returned to base. 1943-12-10
MA565 Bari to base with new Spitfire lX 1943-12-14
JK527 Scrambled saw nothing. 1943-12-15
JL226 Air test 1943-12-22
JK970 Flying practice 1943-12-24
JK970 Local flying practice. 1944-01-03
MA311 Scrambled to intercept E/A east of coast, nothing seen. 1944-01-07
JK437 Escort to Beaufighter on calibration test. 1944-01-12
EN252 Patrol at 8000ft over Lagosta, Korcula & Hvar Island to Solta. Returning over Vis without incident. 1944-01-13
JK892 Search for A/C in distress off Vieste point to Manfredonia. Didn't find. 1944-01-16
MA532 Sweep W. of Lagosta, E. to Brac & W. of Split without incident. Returned to base via Vis. 1944-01-17
JK527 Practice battle formation. 1944-01-21
JK970 Covered convoy entering Manfredonia harbor 1944-01-23
MA633 Patrolled Vis island 0620 to 0830 1944-01-25
MA633 Escort to Fortress arriving at point G.7672 1944-01-25
MA532 Air test 1944-01-27
JK527 Sweep over Vis Island. Encountered fairly accurate light flak when over the town. 1944-01-28
JK527 2nd sweep over Vis, no incident. 1944-01-28
MA252 Scrambled but proved to be friendly. 1944-01-30
JK437 Army co-op 1944-02-01
MA630 Sweep of Dalmatian islands at Hvar informed E/A within 2 miles. No E/A seen. 1944-02-07
JG783 Search for missing A/C 1944-02-18
JK970 Army co-op 1944-02-19
MA712 Patrolled destroyers returning to Manfredonia from mission at Dalmatian islands 1944-02-19
Emergency landing strip now on Vis Island. 1944-02-23
EN252 Airborne in pairs to escort conoy near Vis to Vieste. 1944-02-23
MA531 Recce Dalmatian islands A/A encountered 1944-02-25
MA531 Safety escorted convoy from korcula (Dalmatians) to Manfredonia. 1944-02-27
MA712 Recce Dalmatian coast. At Zavala two trains attacked and hit while moving. Both blew up. 1944-03-02
ER783 Air test 1944-03-04
ER783 A.A Co-ops with Navy at Manfredonia harbour. 1944-03-06
EF630 Search for dinghies. Dinghies found no personal seen. 1944-03-24
JL235 Air test 1944-03-29
MA311 Patrolled Vis 0515 to 0700 1944-03-30
ER782 Navy co-ops 1944-04-06
MA311 Sweep of vis, Hvar & Korcula. Two M.E.109's were reported at 8,000ft but had to return to base owing to low fuel 1944-04-11
JK978 Practice dive bombing. 1944-04-12
JK338 Ljubuski town & joining mostar road strafed lorry, car & motorcycle. Barges strafed off mainland coast across from Brac. P/O McCall failed to return to base. 1944-04-17
JK672 Shipping recce of Dalmatian coast road N.W of Mijet Island. 2 barges attacked on left on fire. Searched for certain gun sites in area, pit was found but empty. 1944-04-21
MA640 Top cover for two spits VC bombing a fair sized vessel at a inlet S. of Dunta Doli. Two direct hits then all 4 spits strafed the vessel 1944-04-23
MA640 Scrambled, bogey proved friendly. 1944-04-25
EF652 Cannon test 1944-05-01
EF652 Calibration test 1944-05-01
EP965 Air & R/T test 1944-05-02
JL226 Search for Spit pilot N.W of Peschici. Found patch of oil & Mae west. 1944-05-03
JK383 Air test 1944-05-09
JK672 To Grottaglie 14.05 to 14.45 1944-05-16
MA340 From Grottaglie to base 1944-05-16
MA340 Air & cannon test 1944-05-19
JG800 Air test 1944-05-25
Lt Mygind left the squadron 1944-06-01

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