Robert Somerville Sprague
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Teicheira Family Files
Object Number - UPL 42735 - Eagle Squadrons Memorial - Grosvenor Square London, England
Killed in Action (KIA) 26 November 1942 during a training flight in Spitfire Mk Vb W3636, in a mid air collision with Spitfire Nk Vb EN915.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 14 September 1942 - 26 November 1942 | Transferred to 334th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group |
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Died |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 26 November 1942 | Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA) 26 November 1942 during a training flight in Spitfire Mk Vb W3636, in a mid air collision with Spitfire Nk Vb EN915. |
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Buried |
Tablets of the missing Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. | ||
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Other Joined RAFVR |
Canada | Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. | |
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Other Service pilot training |
Tulsa, OK, USA | Service pilot training in US. | |
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Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
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Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfire. | |
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Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 13 September 1942 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
| California, USA |
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Sources
ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 49 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
