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Pilot Officers JRB Meaker and PR Burton of 249 Squadron,both killed within hours of each other on the 27th September 1940. Burton was killed first,after chasing and firing at a Bf110 above the roof tops of Hailsham but he ran out of ammo. In a last ditch attempt to bring the hun invader down he rammed the nazi plane,bringing it down in a field just outside of Hailsham,but was unfortunately killed in the process of doing so. The pilot of the Bf110 was Hptm Horst Liensberger of Stab V(Z) LG1. Meaker died a few hours later that same day,he as firing at a formation of Ju88's when his aircraft was hit by the cross fire from the enemy bombers,East of London,near Dallington. He bailed out of his stricken aircraft but was hit by the tailplane as he did so,and fell to his death,his parachute unopened. (You may have noticed my using of Plt Off JRB Meaker on my avatar,this is just a small personal tribute to our RAF pilots of this time that sacrificed so much for this country's liberty.) |
Slightly OT but an interseting photo nonetheless ...A photo from Signal Magazine in 1940 showing an Italian crew around the time of one of the few Italian Battle of Britain missions...there weren't very many if memory serves...
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This lady was certainly a fighter pilot - and a pilot of many other types of aircraft. She wasn't allowed to fly any fighters in anger but I bet she would have done if she could. Maureen Dunlop of the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) photographed in 1944.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...9a_468x704.jpg A great book about the ATA is 'Fly and Deliver' by Hugh Bergel. RedToo. |
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Polish Pilots in the "Battle of Britain" 1969!
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Nice one Larry,Hehe....that's old 'Van der Valk ' on the far right :lol:
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...you know, the british novemberheat ( by the end of the battle of britain) is terrible! so the fitters take shelter in the planes shadow!:grin::confused: http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3cb972ba.jpg Larry69 |
Unnamed hero in a unnamed Squadron 1940
P/O Stanislaw Piatkowski, during the BoB flew Hurricane with 79.Sqn (NV-)
On 25.October 1940 during air combat he was shot down in Hurricane N2708. Aircraft was damaged and crashed during an emergency landing. Pilot killed. http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...psc9cb7f59.jpg http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9f2809cc.jpg Larry69 |
Army Capt. Franklin B. Tostevin shot down over Germany, being buried today in the U.S.
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