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Pilots in 453 Squadron RAAF

Pilot list roughly sorted using the aircraft / unit dates we have.

F/L John William Yarra (kia)

F/Sgt Gerald Whiteford (ok)

P/O Alan Thomas Bartels (ok)

W/O William Clark Gadd (ok)

P/O Robert Ernest Yarra (kia)

F/Sgt Douglas Graham Saunders (kifa)

F/L Henry Lacy Smith (kia)

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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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