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Fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force, and Fighter Pilots of commonwealth countries. Also included is information of aviation art prints these fighter pilots have signed.

  Fighter Pilots of Germany.          Fighter Pilots of the United States of America 

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Operation Calendar

Malta - George Cross

Joining the RAF in 1939, Ken Evans was posted to 600 Squadron, where he flew night operations.  In September 1941 he was posted to 130 Squadron to fly Spitfires, and in early 1942 was ordered to Malta.  Arriving in Gibraltar he joined the carrier HMS Eagle.  On 18 May he flew his Spitfire to Malta from the Eagle, to join 126 Squadron.  Seeing much action over the island in June and July, in August he returned to Gibraltar to lead a new flight back to Malta, this time embarking on the carrier HMS Furious.  One of 126 Squadron's most successful pilots on Malta, Ken was awarded the DFC, and credited with 5 destroyed, 3 probables and 3 damaged.  Commissioned on Malta, he returned to the UK, and in September 1943 was posted to 165 Squadron as a flight commander.

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A Time for Heroes
Hurricane Heroes
The Battle For Britain

Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE

Tom joined the RAF in 1935, serving with 22 Squadron.  In June 1940 he was posted to Tangmere as 'B' Flight commander with 43 Squadron, flying Hurricanes, scoring his first victory on 12 July.  In action over the Channel in August he was hit by crossfire, bailing out with slight wounds.  He soon resumed flying but was again wounded on 6 September.  Ten days later he was promoted to command 43 Squadron.  In January 1942 he left the squadron to become a Controller.  Promoted Wing Commander Operations with 13 Group, he then led the Ibsley Wing, consisting of 4 Spitfire, 2 Whirlwind, and 2 Mustang Squadrons.  His final victory in May 1943 brought his score to 17.  Briefly attached to the USAAF 4th Fighter Group, he was then Operations Officer with the 2nd TAF until the end of the war.

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A Time for Heroes
Fight For The Sky
August Victory

 

Wing Commander Bob Doe, DSO, DFC*

Posted to 234 Squadron in November 1939, and 238 Squadron in September 1940, Bob Doe achieved great success during the Battle of Britain, scoring 14 and 3 shared victories.  He was one of the few pilots to fly both the Hurricane and the Spitfire.  In October he was shot down, but rejoined the squadron soon after, however in January 1941 he suffered engine failure and was forced to crash land, suffering severe injuries resulting in plastic surgery.  Able to resume operational flying in May 1941, he joined 66 Squadron, moving to 130 Squadron in August.  In July 1943 he joined 118 Squadron, then 613 Squadron flying Mustangs.  In October he was posted to the Far East to form 10 Squadron Indian Air Force on Hurricanes, which he led in Burma.

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A Time for Heroes
Fight For The Sky
Normandy Breakout
The Battle For Britain

 

Wing Commander George 'Grumpy' Unwin, DSO, DFM*

George Unwin joined the RAF in 1929, and in 1936 was posted to Duxford with 19 Squadron as a Sergeant Pilot.  He was one of the first pilots in the RAF to fly the Spitfire.  With the outbreak of war 19 Squadron moved to Hornchurch and George, now one of the Squadron's most experienced pilots, took part in the great air battles over France and Dunkirk, scoring 3 and a half victories.  He flew with 19 Squadron continuously during the whole of the Battle of Britain.  He was commissioned in 1941.  After a period instructing, he resumed operations, flying Mosquitoes with 16 Squadron.  George finished the war with 13 victories, 2 shared, 2 unconfirmed, and 2 probables.

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A Time for Heroes
Wings of Glory
Desert Sharks and Eagles

 

Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC

Neville Duke flew Spitfires as wingman to Sailor Malan in 92 Squadron.  In November 1941 he was posted to 112 Squadron in the Middle East.  After a second tour in the Desert, he flew a third tour, with 145 Squadron in Italy.  He was the top scoring Allied Ace in the Mediterranean with 28 victories.  After the war, in 1953, he captured the World Air Speed record.

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A Time for Heroes
Fight For The Sky
Wings of Glory
First Flap of the Day

 

Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC*

Johnie Freeborn flew Spitfires with 74 Squadron over Dunkirk, and was in action throughout the Battle of Britain, he had been with his squadron longer, and flown more hours, than any other Battle of Britain pilot.  He joined 602 Squadron in 1942, and commanded 118 Squadron in June 1943.  In June 1944 he was promoted Wing Commander Flying of 286 Wing in Italy.  John Freeborn scored 17 victories.

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A Time for Heroes
Normandy Breakout

 

Commander Mike Crossley DSC* Royal Navy 

Fleet Air Arm Ace Mike Crossley joined the carrier HMS Eagle in 1941, flying Sea Hurricanes in defence of the Malta convoys.  In August 1942 he was lucky to escape when Eagle was sunk by a u-boat.  He joined HMS Biter flying Sea Hurricanes in Operation Torch, and Seafires during D-Day.  He finished the war in the Far East, an Ace with 5 and a half victories.

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A Time for Heroes

 

Flight Lieutenant John Squier

John Squier was called up from the RAFVR at the outbreak of war, joining 64 Squadron at Kenley in June 1940 flying Spitfires.  In August he crash landed following an attack by Hannes Trautloft of III/JG51, suffering severe injuries.  Rejoining 64 Squadron in November, he was posted to 72 Squadron, then 603 Squadron, and finally 141 Squadron.  He was commissioned in 1942.  After the war he became a test pilot and was the first pilot to eject at supersonic speed.

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A Time for Heroes

 

Lieutenant Commander Peter Meadway Royal Navy (Signed companion print)

Peter Meadway joined the Royal Navy in 1939, and was posted as Observer to 825 Squadron FAA flying Swordfish from HMS Furious.  Transferring to 810 Squadron FAA on HMS Ark Royal he took part in the successful torpedo attacks on the German Battleship Bismarck on the night of 26th/27th May 1941, and was witness to her sinking the following day.

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A Time for Heroes

 

Squadron Leader Mahinder Pujji DFC

In 1940 Mahinder, a qualified pilot flying for Shell in India, volunteered to join the RAF and was commissioned as Pilot Officer.  Arriving in England, he was posted to 43 Squadron, and then 258 Squadron at Kenley, flying both Hurricanes and Spitfires.  Later posted to the Western Desert, then to India, and finally to Burma, where he completed two tours against the Japanese.

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A Time for Heroes
Glorious Summer
Company of Heroes

Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*

Pete Brothers flew in the Battles of France and Dunkirk.  During the Battle of Britain he flew with Bob Stanford Tuck at 257 Squadron.  In 1941 he formed 457 Squadron (RAAF), and later led 602 Squadron on the Dieppe Raid.  He was then Spitfire Wing Leader at Tangmere, and later given command of the Culmhead Wing for the Normandy Invasion.  He finished the war with 16 victories.

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A Time for Heroes

 

Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, AE

At the outbreak of war he was called up, joining 615 Squadron in France, later posted to 242 Squadron in the fighting over Dunkirk.  During the Battle of Britain he flew in Douglas Bader's section, and joined his Spitfire Wing at Tangmere as a Flight Commander of 610 Squadron.  In 1942 he formed the first Typhoon Bomber Squadron.  He finished the war with 5 victories.

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A Time for Heroes
Company of Heroes
Escort for the Straggler

Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB, CBE, DSO**, DFC*

The top scoring Allied Ace of World War II with 38 victories, Johnnie Johnson had joined 92 Squadron in August 1940.  He flew with Douglas Bader in the famous Tangmere Wing, and then led 610 Squadron on the Dieppe Raid.  After commanding the Canadian Wing at Kenley, he led 144 Wing again flying Spitfires, 127 Wing, and then 125 Wing.

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A Time for Heroes
First Flap of the Day

 

Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen CBE, DSO, DFC

Flying Spitfires with 74 Squadron, Harbourne took part in the great air battles over France and Dunkirk.  With 7 victories already to his credit he was in the thick of the Battle of Britain, and by the end of 1940 this talented Spitfire Ace ad accumulated 22 and a half air victories.  After forming 130 Squadron, he then led 234 Squadron, and later commanded 166 Wing in the Far East.

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A Time for Heroes
Fight For The Sky

 

Group Captain Peter Townsend CVO, DSO, DFC

Peter Townsend was one of the most inspirational fighter leaders of the Battle of Britain.  In February 1940, flying a Hurricane, he had shot down the first German aircraft to fall on English soil in World War II, and this was the first of a string of successes for the popular commander of 85 Squadron.  Shot down twice, wounded, and flying part of the Battle when he couldn't walk, Peter Townsend survived to lead the first night-fighter squadron.  He later became Equerry to King George VI, a post he held for 8 years

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Home at Dawn
Flight Lieutenant Eric Jones DFC

Eric Jones joined the RAF in April 1941 and trained as a pilot in Canada.  Back in England he was posted to No.49 Squadron flying Lancasters, and flew his first operation on the night of 22nd August 1943.  The target that night was Leverkusen.  On the night of 14th January 1944 on a raid against Brunswick his aircraft shot down an Me110 nightfighter south of Hannover.  He flew 12 trips to Berlin, the most heavily defended target in the Reich.  Eric Jones completed a tour of 29 combat operations in the Lancaster.  He was awarded the DFC.

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Home at Dawn
Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay

Joining the Royal Air Force in May 1941, Leslie Hay was trained as a pilot in Canada.  On qualifying he returned to England and eventually was posted to join No.49 Squadron, then based at Fiskerton in Lincolnshire, flying Lancasters.  From there he flew his first operation on 1st August 1944, following the Normandy invasion.  Leslie Hay completed a total of 36 combat operations in the Lancaster, all with No.49 Squadron, at the height of Bomber Commands offensive against Germany

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Home at Dawn
Flight Lieutenant Robert Souter

Robert Souter joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in February 1941, and after training was posted in 1942 to the Middle East, joining No.108 Squadron then flying Wellingtons.  He first flew operationally in June of that year, in the Western Desert campaign, and the last operation of his first tour was in Nov 1942 with the battle of El Alamein.  After a period with No.26 OTUWing, Robert undertook a second tour - this time flying Lancasters with No.49 Squadron, up to the end of the war.  He had completed a total of 47 operations by that time.  After the war he flew Dakotas and Liberators with RAF Transport Command.

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Home at Dawn
Flight Lieutenant Ernest Webb DFC

After joining the Royal Air Force in June 1941, Ernie Webb was chosen for training as a pilot.  After qualifying he was posted in 1943 to join No.49 Squadron, based at Fiskerton in Lincolnshire.  The squadron were by that time flying Lancasters, and heavily involved in the RAF Bomber Command offensive against the major targets in Germany.  He flew a total of 30 combat operations in the Lancaster during his tour with No.49 Squadron, and later went on to serve with No.242 Squadron, RAF Transport Command.  Ernest Webb was awarded the DFC.

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Knights of the Sky
Flight Lieutenant Philip Bristow

Philip Bristow joined the Royal Naval Air Service in August 1917 and was sent for immediate flying training in France.  Transferring to the RAF on April 1, 1918, he was posted to 219 Squadron, flying the Short 184, where he saw active service flying combat patrold on the Northern Front.

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Wings of Glory
Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw

Alex Henshaw perhaps understands the Spitfire better than any other living pilot today - for he was Vickers Chief Test Pilot on Spitfires at the new Spitfire factory at Castle Bromwich during World War II.  By the end of the war he had personally test flown a total of 2360 different Spitfires and Seafires - more than ten per cent of the entire production.  It is often stated that those lucky enough to have seen Alex handle the Spitfire in flight, that it is an experience that can never be forgotten, he was acknowledged as a virtuoso in aerobatics.

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Bob Stanford Tuck - Tribute Folio
Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck DSO DFC**

Bob Stanford Tuck was a flamboyant fighter pilot, his dashing good looks, courage, and success in the air coming to epitomise the young flyers who fought and won the Battle of Britain.  To the British public he was a hero in the mould of the knights of old, and today his name is legend.  In the early stages of the Battle of Britain Bob fought with 92 Squadron flying Spitfires, quickly becoming one of the leading aces.  Promoted to command 257 Squadron, now flying Hurricanes, Bob's dashing style of leadership inspired his pilots to great success.  He went on to command the Duxford and Biggin Hill Wings, taking his personal score to 29 air victories before being shot down by ground fire over Northern France in 1942.

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One Hundred Up!
No Turning Back
Flt Sergeant Stan Bradford DFM was a mid-upper gunner on Lancaster ED308 'D-Donald' of 57 squadron RAF Bomber Command, then based at Scampton. By the end of his tour in March 1944 Stan had become an air Ace, credited by 5 Group with the shooting down of 6 enemy fighters, including a Bf109 over France on his very first operation on the night of August 27th 1943.
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One Hundred Up!
No Turning Back
Strike and Return
Target Bearing 270º
Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC

Lancaster pilot Bob Knights joined 619 Squadron RAF Woodhall Spa in September 1943, successfully completing his first tour of 26 operations. In January 1944 he was asked to join 617 Squadron with Leonard Cheshire, and carried out the precision bombing attacks for which 617 Sqn was famed. These included three attacks on the Tirpitz, and attacks on factories, U-boat pens, and V1 rocket sites. Bob Knights completed a further 44 operations with 617 Squadron.

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Home Run
 
The Berlin Express
 
No Turning Back
 
Malta - George Cross
 
Low Level Raiders
Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC

Entering the RAF in 1940 he joined No 114 Squadron as a sergeant pilot flying Blenheims.  After 12 operations he and his crew were allocated to No 105 Squadron and then No 107 Squadron, the last remaining Blenheim Squadron in Malta.  The Squadron remained there without relief for five months carrying out low level attacks on the shipping.  Very few of the original crews survived the detachment, in fact he was commissioned during this period, when 107 Squadron had lost all their officers and for a short time was the only officer, other than the CO, in the Squadron.  At the end of this tour he was awarded the DFC.  In early 1943 he became one of the first Mosquito instructors in the Pathfinder Force and later moved to No 571 Squadron with the Light Night Strike Force.  He then formed No 163 Squadron as acting Wing Commander.  He was awarded a bar to his DFC for a low level moonlight mining attack on the Dormund - Ems Canal from 50ft and then a second bar for getting a 4000lb bomb into the mouth of a railway tunnel during the final German Ardennes offensive.  During his time on Mosquitoes his navigator was Tommy Broom, together they formed an inseparable combination.  Remaining with the RAF after WWII and in accordance with peacetime rules for a much smaller Air Force he was reduced in rank first to Squadron Leader and then to Flight Lieutenant in 1948.  Promoted to Air Marshal in 1974 he became the Head of the UK National Air Traffic Services and was the first serving officer to be appointed to the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority.  Retiring from the RAF in 1979 he has been actively engaged in civil aviation since then.

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The Berlin Express
Wing Commander Joe Singleton DSO DFC AFC

Wing Commander Singleton flew the Mosquito in both the offensive and defensive role.  During the latter, his more notable engagements included the interception of three JU 88s in a matter of minutes.  The three aircraft were the lead pathfinders of a much larger bomber force heading for the city of Hull.  The downing of these three aircraft effectively put an end to the success of the enemy raid.

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Home Run

 

Squadron Leader TJ 'Tommy' Broom DFC

As an observer with 105 Squadron he spent the early months of the WWII on Fairey Battles in France and then on Blenheims back in England.  After spending a period as an instructor at 13 OTU he rejoined 105 Squadron on Mosquitoes, they were in fact the first squadron in the RAF to receive them.  Through early 1942 he was navigator on many of the daylight raids carried out by 105 Squadron.  In 1943 he became navigator to Ivor Broom (no relation) in 163 Squadron as part of the Light Night Strike Force and together they formed an inseparable and very successful combination.  Known as 'The Flying Brooms' they were together throughout their time on Mosquitoes including the low level attack on the Dortmund - Ems Canal and 22 attacks on Berlin.

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Home Run
Escort for the Straggler
Strike and Return

 

Wing Commander Ernest Rodley DSO DFC AFC AE

He initially joined the RAFVR in 1937 and was commissioned and posted to Bomber Command in 1941.  Joining 97 Sqn flying Manchesters he was involved in the famous Augsberg daylight raid for which he received a DFC.  At the end of 1942 he joined RAF Scampton helping to convert to Lancaster Bombers before rejoining 97 Sqn at Bourn as a Pathfinder.  After a spell at Warboys as an instructor he took command of 128 Sqn at Wyton, flying Mosquitoes as part of the Light Night Strike Force.  Staying with this unit he finished the war having completed 87 operations.

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Home Run

 

Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Perks DFC

Joining the RAF in July 1941 he trained as a pilot in the USA and was posted to 420 Sqn as part of no 6 Group (RCAF) initially flying Wellingtons.  The unit then converted to Halifaxes and he moved firstly to 427 Squadron and then 434 Sqn still flying this aircraft.  In November 1944 he joined OTU as an instructor on Halifaxes, converting to Mosquitoes in January 1945.  He then joined 571 Sqn as part of the Light Night Strike Force, flying the B Mk XVI and dropping 4000lb 'cookie' bombs over Germany.  He left the RAF in 1946 but rejoined, finally leaving in 1958

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Home Run

 

Wing Commander Norman Mackie DSO DFC

Joining the RAF in 1940 he was posted in April 1941 to 83 Sqn at Scampton flying Hampdens and Manchesters, joining OTU as an instructor on Wellingtons in March 1942.  He then rejoined 83 Sqn now at Wyton as a Pathfinder flying Lancasters until he was shot down by German Night Fighters in March 1943.  Having been captured he escaped to Switzerland and after a period there managed to return to Britain through France and Spain.  In May 1944 he joined 571 Sqn flying Mosquitoes with the Light Night Strike Force taking part in many of the units operations over Western Germany.  He left the RAF in December 1967.            

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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Christopher 'Bunny' Currant DSO DFC
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Glorious Summer
Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC
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Glorious Summer
Desert Sharks and Eagles
Malta - George Cross
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC

Joining the RAF in 1936, Billy Drake flew Hurricanes in France at the outbreak of war, seeing action during the spring of 1940, and scoring his first victory in May.  After being wounded he was swoon back in the fray with 421 Flight and by the end of 1940 his tally had reached 4.  Posted to the Western Desert in early1942, he took command of 112 Squadron flying P-40 Kittyhawks and led the squadron through a period of great success.  He later served in Malta, and then as Wing Leader of 20 Wing, 2nd TAF flying Typhoons in the lead up to the Normandy invasion.  Billy Drake scored 24.5 victories, and in addition, another 13 aircraft destroyed on the ground.  he retired from the RAF in 1963.

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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM
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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Gordon Sinclair OBE DFC
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Glorious Summer
Air Commodore Cyril Brown CBE AFC AE
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Glorious Summer
Air Vice Marshal Edward Crew CB DSO DFC
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Glorious Summer
Group Captain John Cunningham CBE DSO DFC AE DL FRAeS

The most famous Allied night fighter Ace of WWII - 20 victories

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Glorious Summer
Mosquitos at Dusk
Normandy Breakout
Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC*

John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes.  On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns.  Rejoining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations.  On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217.  Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'.  He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos.

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Mosquitos at Dusk
Air Commodore E. B. 'Ted' Sismore DSO DFC AFC

On 31st January 1943, Mosquitos bombed Berlin for the first time.  Timed to coincide with a speech by Hermann Goering, three Mosquitos from 105 Squadron, led by Squadron Leader R W Reynolds and Ted Sismore, attacked at exactly 11.00 hrs to disrupt the Reichmarshall's speech for over an hour.  Ted later navigated the final large daylight raid by 105 Squadron in May 1943, when both men led the attack on the Zeiss Optical factory and the glassworks in Jena.  Ted Sismore planned the route for the famous Amiens prison raid, and 'master-navigated' all three Gestapo raids in Denmark - Aarhaus, Shelhaus and Odensa.

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Mosquitos at Dusk
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Hadland

Joining the RAF in 1941, Douglas completed his training in Canada and qualified as a navigator, returning to the UK to spend a brief time with the Navigation Research Flight before being posted to 162 Squadron in No.8 Pathfinder Group at Bourn, near Cambridge, flying Mosquitos.  At the end of the war he went briefly to Black Bush Airport flying operations, dropping diplomatic mail in Oslo, Visbarden and Brussels before being posted back to 8 group with 692 Squadron Light Night Strike Force to prepare for the then proposed invasion of Japan.

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Mosquitos at Dusk
Wing Commander Branse Burbridge DSO* DFC*

Posted to 85 Squadron on night-fighters in October 1941, Branse Burbridge flew Havocs on his first tour, scoring just a single claim, but when he returned to 85 Squadron for a second tour - this time on Mosquitos, he was far more successful.  During the period of the build up to the invasion of Normandy, and after, together with his radar navigator, Bill Skelton, he claimed 21 victories in a ten month spell.  In June 1944 he also shot down three V-1s.  With his final air victory, in January 1945, he passed the total set by John 'Cats Eyes' Cunningham to become the highest scoring RAF night fighter Ace of the war.

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The Battle For Britain
Group Captain George H Westlake DSO DFC

Flying Hurricanes, George Westlake joined 43 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain.  On 29th September he moved to 213 Squadron at Tangmere, and on 15th November shot down an Me109.  In May of the following year the squadron flew their Hurricanes off HMS Furious to Malta bound for Egypt and was briefly attached to 80 Squadron during the Syrian campaign, where he had some further success.  Returning to 213 Squadron he took temporary command in October 1942.  In 1944 he led 239 Wing in Italy.  He finished the war with eleven victories.

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The Battle For Britain
Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC*

At the outbreak of war Bill Sizer was flying Hurricanes with 213 Squadron.  The squadron flew to France in May 1940, where he scored his first victories, before being attacked by five Me109s and shot down.  Rejoining his squadron soon after, he took part in the air battles over Dunkirk before again being shot down and escaping back to England.  He flew throughout the Battle of Britain.  In April 1941 he was posted to join 1 Squadron, and then 91 Squadron.  In April 1942 he joined 152 Squadron flying Spitfires, with whom he went to North Africa.  In January 1943 he was given command of 93 Squadron and took part in the Sicily landings.  He finished the war with 7 and 5 shared victories.

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Mosquitos at Dusk
Squadron Leader Tom McPhee CB DFC*

Joining the RAFVR in 1938, at the outbreak of war Tom was called up and posted to 139 Squadron as a Sergeant Pilot flying Blenheims on low level bombing raids.  He was commissioned in 1941.  In August 1943 he joined 464 Squadron flying Mosquitos, and in February 1944 took part in 'Operation Jericho' when 18 Mosquitos of 140 Wing , nd TAF, attacked the Gestapo held prison at Amiens, liberating over 100 French Resistance fighters, many of whom had been condemned to execution the following morning.  Flying number two on the raid he was promoted to Squadron Leader as a result.  From June 1944 he was posted to a Forward Control Unit until the end of the war.

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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC
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Glorious Summer
Warrant Officer Peter Fox

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Normandy Breakout
Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC

Jack Rose flew one of the last Hurricanes to leave France in 1940.  He formed the new 184 Squadron in 1942, initially on Hurricanes, later Spitfires.  In late 1943 the squadron converted to rocket firing Typhoons, and were heavily involved in the build up to D-Day, moving to France in late 1944.  He later transferred to the Far East, finishing the war with 3 victories.

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Glorious Summer
Flight Lieutenant Peter Hairs MBE
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Glorious Summer
Squadron Leader Percy Morfill DFM
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Glorious Summer
Group Captian Alan Murray DFC

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Glorious Summer
Normandy Breakout
Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC

Tom Neil joined 249 Squadron flying Hurricanes just before the Battle of Britain.  Flying from North Weald, he scored his first victory on 7th September, quickly followed by 10 others.  In 1942 he served with the squadron in Malta, gaining a further victory.  After a period commanding 41 Squadron, he flew as Liaison Officer with the US 100th Fighter Wing, and flew with this unit during the D-Day landings.  He claimed a share in numerous German aircraft destroyed on the ground before, and after, the invasion.  In March 1945 he was posted to the Far East.

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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Peter Parrott DFC AFC
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Glorious Summer
Group Captain John Peel DFC DSO
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Glorious Summer
Squadron Leader Arthur 'Bill' Pond AFC
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Glorious Summer
Squadron Leader Christopher Riddle
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Glorious Summer
Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC/BA
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Glorious Summer
Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC
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Piece of Cake
Squadron Leader 'Ginger' Lacey DFM
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Piece of Cake
Spitfires Over St Michaels Mount
Group Captain Brian Kingcome DSO DFC*

Brian Kingcome flew Gladiators with 92 Squadron before the war, the squadron converting to Spitfire MkIs in 1939.  He took part in the Battles of France and Dunkirk, before being posted as a flight commander to 92 Squadron, scoring his first victories in June 1940.  He became acting commanding officer during the latter stages of the Battle of Britain.  During this time he and his pilots achieved the highest success rate of any squadron in the entire Battle of Britain.  After being shot down by Me109s and wounded, he returned to active operations.  In February 1942 he was posted to command 72 Squadron, followed by promotion to Wing Leader at Kenley.  In May 1943 he was posted to lead 244 Wing in the Mediterranean during the invasion of Sicily.  An Ace, Brian Kingcome flew Spitfires in combat continually until the end of 1944, his tally finishing at 8 and 3 shared destroyed, plus a score of probables and damaged.

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Spitfires Over St Michaels Mount
Wing Commander Peter V Ayerst DFC

Peter Ayerst joined the RAF in 1938, and was posted to 73 Squadron in August 1939, flying Hurricanes.  He went to France with the squadron, scoring his first victory in April 1940.  After a spell instructing, when he shared in the destruction of a He111 with two other instructors, he had postings with both 145 and 243 Squadrons.  In July 1942 he went to 33 Squadron, before promotion to flight commander with 238 Squadron, both postings with further combat success.  After a period in South Africa, he returned to the UK, joining 124 Squadron flying Spitfire MkVIIs in defence of the invasion ports, where he scored his final victory; then flew Spitfire MkIXs on bomber escorts to Germany.  He later became a Spitfire test pilot at Castle Bromwich.  Peter finished the war not only a brilliant fighter Ace, but also one of the most highly regarded wartime instructors in the RAF. His final victory tally stood at 5 destroyed, 1 probable, 3 damaged and 2 further destroyed on the ground.

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Spitfires Over St Michaels Mount
Squadron Leader Ian Blair DFM

Ian Blair joined 113 Squadron in 1940 as a corporal air-gunner on Blenheim Mk1s.  He took part in the heavy fighting of the first Libyan campaign, when he was forced to take control and fly the aircraft after his pilot was killed, following an attack by an Italian Fiat CR42.  Remarkably he managed to not only evade enemy aircraft, but to fly the Blenheim back to base and make s textbook landing.  This extraordinary action earned him the award of an immediate DFM.  The experience led him to immediately train as a fighter pilot, which he achieved in May 1941.  Ian completed his first combat tour flying Spitfire MkIXs with 501 Squadron, followed by a second successful tour on Spitfires, this time with 312 Squadron, where on 2nd February 1944 he claimed a high altitude victory over an Me109F at 35,000ft.

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The Battle For Britain
Squadron Leader Desmond Fopp AFC MD

Joining the RAFVR in 1938, Des Fopp was called up at the outbreak of war, joining 17 Squadron in May 1940, and fought with them in France and afterwards during the Battle of Britain.  After several successes he was shot down, baled out badly burned and was hospitalised.  Returning to 17 squadron in July 1941, he then joined 132 Squadron at Peterhead.  In late 1943 he went as Liaison Officer to the 8th and 9th USAAF, and in May 1944 became an Instructor.

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The Battle For Britain
Flight Lieutenant Michael E Croskell

Joining the RAFVR in June 1938, Michael Croskell was called up in September 1939 at the outbreak of war.  He was posted to join 213 Squadron at Wittering in December flying Hurricanes, and took part in the Battle of France and the operations over Dunkirk in May 1940, where he probably destroyed a Ju87.  He flew with 213 Squadron throughout the Battle of Britain, scoring three further victories at the height of the battle in August 1940.  Commissioned in 1942, his great fighter skills led to him spending six years as an instructor.

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The Battle For Britain
Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC

At the outbreak of war Paddy flew obsolete Hinds, Hectors and Lysanders in combat, but converted to Spitfires and joined 602 Squadron at Tangmere.  During the Battle of Britain he flew with some of the great aces - Douglas Bader, Sailor Malan, and Bob Stanford Tuck.  In 1941 he was a Flight Commander with 610 Squadron.  Continuing to fly Spitfires, now with 122 Squadron based at Hornchurch, he flew fighter sweeps and escort missions.  On 17th May 1942 he was shot down over St Omer.  He baled out but was captured, spending the next three years as a POW.

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The Longest Day
Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson
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