GRIFFITHS, William Stanwell

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rank: F/O
status: kia
airforce: RAF (no: 170418 )
born: United Kingdom

added by: John R. Bendixsen

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Flying Officer Griffiths left RAF Benson at 10.28pm on the night of 5th December 1944 in an unarmed Spitfire PR XI to photograph potential targets in Germany.

Some time later he called up on R/T to say that his engine had failed. Nothing more was heard from him.

It was later reported that his aircraft had crashed in the vicinity of Roernond, Netherlands.

KIA 1944-12-05 Spitfire PL882

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Airforce	Sqdrn	Date
RAF	541	1944-05-30

Aircraft:

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Serial	Note	Date
MB902	541	1944-05-30
EN666	541	1944-05-31
EN662	541	1944-06-05
MB903	541	1944-06-07
EN664	541	1944-06-10
MB787	541	1944-06-15
PA868	541	1944-06-18
PA943	541	1944-06-22
MB907	541	1944-06-25
PA942	541	1944-07-12
MD199	541	1944-08-09
RM627	541	1944-08-11
RM631	541	1944-08-15
PL901	541	1944-09-08
PL775	541	1944-09-10
PL882	541	1944-09-30
PA937	541	1944-10-06
RM635	541	1944-10-14
PL919	541	1944-10-28
PL789	541	1944-11-01

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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 ...

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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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