UPL 17065

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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.

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People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: British
  • Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39851
  • Highest Rank: Wing Commander
  • Role/Job: Pilot / flight commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 81621
  • Highest Rank: Flight Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Hurricane
  • Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron

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