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Oxford
Airspeed Oxford V4173*, assigned to 381st Service Squadron, 7th PRG, 8AF USAAF. Landing accident Langford Lodge/Sta 597 Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Robert W Dideriksen, 28-Apr-44. SOC.
*partial registration recorded - assumed probable identity from production serials.
Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
15th June 1944 1st Lt. Robert W. Dideriksen flew Spitfire PR Mk XI, serial number PL790, to cover recon targets at Evere/Fauville and Coulommiers. He was intercepted by Me-109’s near Paris and killed in action. MACR 5671
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
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| Crashed | Langford Lodge, United Kingdom | 28 April 1944 |
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Landing accident Langford Lodge/Sta 597 Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Robert W Dideriksen, 28-Apr-44. 381SerS 7PRG 8AF |
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| Struck Off Charge SOC | 30 April 1944 | |
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Struck Off Charge. |
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| Manufactured | Christchurch, Dorset, UK | |
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Built at Airspeed. |
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| Delivered | England, UK | |
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Delivered to RAF MU. |
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| Assigned | Mt Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK | |
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Assigned to 381st Service Squadron, 7th PRG, 8AF USAAF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 05 February 2016 14:51:07 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, person associations, place associations and media associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Dideriksen&Submit... |
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