The Face of a Fighter Pilot. Please Add Images.
 

Hi all,

This thread is inspired by the image of a Battle of Britain pilot taken shortly after returning from a mission. His face shows extreme fatigue.

I've posted this in another thread, but I think it is worth repeating. (He was killed a few months later).

Please add any similar images. Allied or Axis. Friend or Foe.

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Best Regards,
MB_Avro

Nice topic.. That pic always "grabbed" me.. That look..


Here's a pic of Adolf Galland and his dog (one of many of him and his dog).

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Same guy.....Robin olds, what a career, what a moustache.

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My favorites:
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Nice thread, keep them coming.

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Pilots of JG 26 during the battle.

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Ginger Lacey.

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Pilots of 610 Squadron.

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Defiant pilots during the battle.

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Galland again.

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Fritz Von Werra during the battle. With mascot.

Great images there, Red Too. You can feel the tension in those group shots.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

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P/O Keith Gillman No. 32 Squadron.
Gillman was photograghed at RAF Hawkinge on 29. July 1940 (famous Fox-Photographs). He was lost over the cannel on 25th August 1940. Five Days before the Squadron moved to Scotland.

Larry69

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Albert Gerald Lewis.

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JWC Simpson. He is in the middle in the photo in my sig. Interestingly he used a question mark as part of the code of his Hurricane - ? DX, see below. It would make a good skin ..... Larry 69?
He fought in the Battle of Britain and is the subject of the book 'Combat Report' by Hector Bolitho, about his experiences in the battle, which was published during the war. He survived the war, staying in the RAF. Sadly he committed suicide in Hyde Park in 1949.

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F/O R. Smythe 32 Squadron, Hawkinge 29.July 1940. (Fox Photos)

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R.Smythe`s Hurricane GZ-V P3522 (Fox Photos)


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Hurricane GZ-V (Cliffs over Dover)

Larry69

I've not seen the second photo before (I'll have to get around to updating my skin).

Here it is, with screenshots and download link from the skins thread:
http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=36576

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I think it is not the same Aircraft! red too`s B/W Pictures shows DX-? (P3101, late 1940).
Setback`s Hurricane is one uf the "W-series" (1941). Both wears the Joker. But are not the same Hurricane.

great Images red too! go one! Thanks

It is the DX-? plane, it's the second from front in the 2nd photo. (see my above link for references)

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... yep, the second plane of red too`s pic (DX-?, P3103) 1940.
YOUR (Setback) Hurricane is DX-? too but W9200, spring 1941.

mmm...Interesting.

Thanks Major Setback, great skin! D/L now. Glad to supply a photo you've not seen before!

RedToo.

DX ? in my second photo looks more like P3101, playing with the exposure??

RedToo.

It is P3101. Some more info on this plane Google has just thrown up:

http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/sho...urricane-P3101

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...0_HU104454.jpg

http://www.divernet.com/Wrecks/15924...e_avenger.html

RedToo.

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..I would like to have the s/n of DX-L too. ;)


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Albert Gerald Lewis (right) with his close Friend from No. 85 Sqn. Richard Hugh Anthony "Dickie" Lee (left, MIA 18.8.1940).

Thanks.

And thanks both for the info. I'll have to look into possibly changing the info in the skin post.

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Pilot Officer W J Glowacki. Shot down in France on 24 9 40. He died later the same day. Buried in Guines Community Cemetery by pilots of LG 2.

From the Battle of Britain Historical Society:

"P/O Witold Jozef GLOWACKI VM , 605 Squadron "County of Warwick", Hurricane I P3283 UP*P.
During combat patrol P/O Witold Jozef GLOWACKI and P/O Ian James MUIRHEAD chased a Dornier Do 17Z (Werk. Nr 3317,code F1+GK) from 2./KG 76. They shot down German bomber which crashed near by Cap Griz Nez but when they were returning home without ammo, were surprised by Bf 109s formation from 3./JG 51. P/O Glowacki was shot down by Oblt. Michael SONNER and force landed near by Albermuse (France) and was captured by German soldiers. He was slightly injured but he died the same day in German hospital probably from anafilactic shock after injection against tetanus infection (some sources say that he was executed by German).
P/O Muirhead returned Croydon – he was K.I.A. on 15 October 1940 (Hurricane N2546)"

RedToo.

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P/O W.J.Glowacki shot down over France, 24.9.1940.

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larry69

My Grandfather Otto Behrens
 

Oblt. Otto Behrens in Bf 109E-3, Stab JG 1, Jever 1940.

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Oblt. Otto Behrens JG 26 (FW 190A) 1942, with Adolf Galland.

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larry69

Thanks for posting. I had not seen those photos before. Haunting.

Best Regards,
MB_Avro.

Very interesting, Larry. Please tell us more about him. Any more photos?

Best Regards,
MB_Avro

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..Thanks AVRO UK!;)

I already thought nobody interests this.:grin:

more Infos soon!

best regards
Larry69

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Sgt Glowacki and PO Witorzenc, 501 Sqn Gravesend Aug 1940

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Another pic of Albert Gerald Lewis, in the 'office'. Scanned from 'The R.A.F. in Action' published during the war.

His story is here:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showt...ory-of-a-pilot

with some more great photos.

RedToo.

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Hauptmann Joppien (I./JG 51) recieved the Ritterkreuz (knight's Cross) on 16 September 1940, after his twenty-first victory. Scanned from 'Fighter! Luftwaffe Fighter Planes and Pilots'.

The very image of a dashing fighter pilot.

RedToo.

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Thank you for posting, great LINK!

Larry69

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Flying Officer F.D. Thomas between sorties at Luqa, Malta. Awarded cap and colours playing rugby and cricket for his school. Killed in 1943.

That photo's one to treasure, Feathered. Thanks for posting.

Want to know more about what happened to these two?
Check this out;

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/battleo...in/11401.shtml

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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.
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A great book about the ATA is 'Fly and Deliver' by Hugh Bergel.

RedToo.

Quality !!

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Polish Pilots in the "Battle of Britain" 1969!

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Larry69

Nice one Larry,Hehe....that's old 'Van der Valk ' on the far right :lol:

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hi Meaker,..

...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:

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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.

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Larry69

Army Capt. Franklin B. Tostevin shot down over Germany, being buried today in the U.S.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/12...cmp=latestnews

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1918. Western Front.

Sopwith Camel pilot.


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Best Regards,
MB_Avro

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:mrgreen::mrgreen:

:cool:;)

"...I'm afraid I was very, very drunk..."

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Unknow Pilot of No. 46 Squadron.

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I believe that is Eugene Seghers whilst with 46 Squadron at Stapleford.

See here:

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...37#post2118837

RedToo.

Thanks Larry for that powerful photo! Any more??

Best Regards,
MB_Avro

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The airman is John Lonsdale of 3 squadron and the picture was taken at Summer camp Warmwell 1939. Too much scrumpy was the cause.
Image from here:
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showt...50#post2118850

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Squadron Leader E F J Charles, Officer Commanding No. 611 Squadron RAF, recounts his experiences to other pilots of the Squadron at Biggin Hill, Kent, on the day after sharing the honour, with Commandant Rene Mouchotte, of shooting down Biggin Hill's 1,000th enemy aircraft.

RedToo.

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Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson, one of No 19 Squadron's flight commanders, photographed in his flying kit at Fowlmere, the satellite airfield of Duxford, late September 1940. As well as his 'Mae West', he wears a Type B flying helmet, Mk II goggles and a Type D constant-flow oxygen mask.

:)

Sokol1

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Two RAF Bomber crewmen minutes after their return form a combat mission.
Fear was the emotion most commonly remembered by those who survived.

My Fav:
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A close second:
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I was reminded of those two photos of smoking pilots when I saw this:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K4nMtY4qJF...gers++(12).jpg

from here:
http://www.themodellingnews.com/2013...iniatures.html



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Probable a post war staged photo, but a tribute to WAAF's.

Sokol1

Flying Officer William SMITH of 229 Squadron 15th October 1940.

Hurricane P3456. Damaged in a scrap with Me 109s.

Rank and name of dog unknown ;)



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Battle of Britain. Home and tea....

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Best Regards,
MB_Avro

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Wing Commander Alfred 'Ken' Gatward after his return from leading an anti-shipping operation with 404 "Buffalo" Squadron RCAF. With coffee and cigarette in hand, hair disheveled and oil stains on his battle trousers.

Me 109 pilot. Shot down over England in August,1940.

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Oberfeldwebel Artur Dau, the fighter pilot of ME 109E-4 Werke / Nr. 1523 Coded: White 14 + of 7 Staffel / Jagdgeschwader 5. He was shot down by Sqn/Ldr Peter Townsend, C/O of 85 Squadron RAF, and parachuted at Garden Wood, Poulton Farm, South Alkham, 5 miles NE of Folkestone, Kent, England, at 16.55 on August 28, 1940.

Artur Dau, recalled at the time:-

"I shall certainly remember 28 August 1940 if I should ever live to be a 100!

That day, my Staffel was on a Freie Jagd (Free Hunt) over the Channel and southern England. Suddenly, I had two Hurricanes in my sights and, with my Rottenflieger (Wingman), attacked them.

I had opened fire on the second aircraft when I was hit and had to bale out over Dover. After landing, I was taken into custody by Coastguards and then a Policeman arrived and took note of my details.

Then I was taken to Folkestone and locked up in a cell. Shortly after, an RAF officer (probably Sqn/Ldr Don Finlay C/O 54 Squadron) with a bandaged head appeared in my cell. We shook hands and he asked me if I had been the pilot of a ME 109 that had crashed near Folkestone. I said that I was and he pointed to his head and said, "You did that!" I answered him "I am sorry"; then he left.

Some hours later, I was driven to London and interrogated. That was the end of me being a pilot."


Best Regards,
MB_Avro

Hawkinge, July 1940. Hurricane pilot.


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Best Regards,
MB_Avro

nice thread... ruined by Photobucket

Please see this thread.

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=230052