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Hurricane
No 71 (Eagle) Sqn Hawker Hurricane Mk I XR-A Z3781 personal A/C of Fl Lt George A Brown, whilst commander of A flight, at dispersal hooked up in preparation with the trolley ack and with parachute left at hand for a fast scramble on the tail plane. Part of the fifth production batch produced by Hawker Aircraft Limited at Langley, to contract # 62305/39, between 14th January, 1941 and 28th July, 1941. Lost on 8th October 1941, Fl Lt Andrew Beck Mamedoff was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight from Fowlmere Airfield to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781. The wreckage of his plane was found near Maughold on the Isle of Man and it is thought that he crashed due to poor weather conditions.
Hawker Hurricane Mk I XR-A Z3781, part of the fifth production batch produced by Hawker Aircraft Limited at Langley, to contract # 62305/39, between 14th January, 1941 and 28th July, 1941.
Personal A/C of Fl Lt George A Brown, whilst commander of A flight, No 71 (Eagle) Sqn.
Two claims E/A destroyed for pilot William R Dunn.
Lost on 8th October 1941, Fl Lt Andrew Beck Mamedoff was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight from Fowlmere Airfield to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781.
The wreckage of his plane was found near Maughold on the Isle of Man and it is thought that he crashed due to poor weather conditions.
Squadron
'On 19 September 1940, No. 71 was reformed at Church Fenton as the first 'Eagle' Squadron to be manned by American personnel. The Squadron received Hurricanes in November and became operational on defensive duties on 5 February 1941. No. 71 converted...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 406th Fighter Group
Bill Dunn was born on November 16, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on March 19, 1934, and served as an infantryman until receiving an honorable discharge on November 22, 1935. Dunn enlisted in the Canadian Army on...
Military | Flight Lieutenant | Pilot
Mamedoff was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1911. He grew up in Thompson, Connecticut, and attended Bryant College in the early 1930s. He had learned to fly in the USA and even had his own plane with which he performed at airshows. He and Eugene Tobin had...
Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...
Military site : airfield
Used as an RFC and RAF Home Defence landing ground during the First World War, Kirton-in-Lindsey was built during 1938-40 as an RAF fighter station. It had two grass runways, 10 hardstandings, three grouped C hangars and four over-blister hangars....
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
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| Manufactured | Langley, Slough, Slough, Slough SL3, UK | 14 January 1941 – 28 July 1941 |
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Part of the 5th production batch produced by Hawker Aircraft Limited at Langley, to contract #62305/39, between 14th January, 1941 and 28th July, 1941. |
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| Delivered | England, UK | June 1941 |
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To RAF. |
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| Assigned | Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | June 1941 |
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Assigned to No 71 (Eagle) Sqn. |
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| E/A Destroyed | Lille, France | 2 July 1941 |
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Bf109F Destroyed West Lille, pilot William R Dunn. 2-Jul-41. |
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| Manufactured | Lille, France | 21 July 1941 |
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Bf109F Destroyed West Lille, pilot William R Dunn. 21-Jul-41. |
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| Assigned | Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QP, UK | September 1941 |
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Assigned to No 133 (Eagle) Sqn. |
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| Crashed | Maughold, Isle of Man | 8 October 1941 |
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Lost on 8th October 1941, Fl Lt Andrew Beck Mamedoff [KIA] was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight from Fowlmere Airfield to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 28 January 2016 09:58:50 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description, events, person associations and place associations |
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Fighter Leaders of the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF & SAAF in WW2 By Phil H. Listemann |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 28 July 2015 23:23:08 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, markings, description, events, unit associations, person associations and media associations |
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Fighter Leaders of the RAF, RAAF, RCAF, RNZAF & SAAF in WW2 By Phil H. Listemann |
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