21st Weather Squadron
Squadron
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An RAF Station with US lodger units. USAAF Spitfires and P-38s were attached to RAF No 11 Group stations in mid-1942 for training; also used for special operations by British and US forces.
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Squadron
Squadron
Squadron
'On 1 August 1941, No. 133 reformed at Coltishall as the third 'Eagle' Squadron manned by American personnel. Equipped with Hurricanes it became operational at the end of September. The next month the Squadron moved to Northern Ireland, returning to...
Squadron
'On 1 August 1941, No. 133 reformed at Coltishall as the third 'Eagle' Squadron manned by American personnel. Equipped with Hurricanes it became operational at the end of September. The next month the Squadron moved to Northern Ireland, returning to...
Detachment
Military | Captain | Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, and was awarded his pilot wings on September 15, 1941, joining the 133 Eagle Squadron in England. Alexander was credited with destroying 1 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, plus 1 probable, before...
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, crashed in Spitfire P8595 [written off] nr Epworth, Lincolnshire, after a collision in the air with P8438 [P/O Samuel Fisk Whedon successfully deployed his chute, but killed in landing]. 3-4-42.
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF
Shot down by fighters on 28 Jul 43 in P-47 41-6238 near Gouda, Holland. Ayres was injured and taken to hospital. Prisoner of War (POW).
Awards: AM (OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
Military | Flight Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, Probable Fw190 26-4-41, Destroyed Fw190 31-7-41
transferred to 336FS 15-9-42, shot down 26 September 1942 near Morlaix, France in Spitfire 1X BS 446. Killed in Action (KIA).
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training, assigned to 133S, turning onto finals into Duxford collided with another Spitfire and crashed. Killed in Action KIA 27-9-41. P/O Walter Soares also killed. Hurricanes involved Z3335 and Z3828.
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S, Morlaix disaster, crash landed in his Spitfire IX BS148 in a field near Kingsbridge, Devon due to fuel starvation. Critically injured, but survived his injuries. 26-9-42.
Awards: AM, PH.
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Joined RCAF, assigned to 133S, transferred to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF, promoted 1st Lt
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Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, Spartan College of Aeronautics, assigned to 133S, on attachment to 57FG from 8 Mar 1943, 314th FS, 324th FG, 9AF USAAF, killed in a P-40 during an attack on German transport planes.
Military | Colonel | Fighter pilot, Commanding Officer | 4th Fighter Group
Don Blakeslee was born on 11 September 1917 in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. As a boy, he became captivated with planes while watching the Cleveland National Air Races held only 30 miles away from his home at 529 7th St, Fairport Harbor, Ohio. In 1938,...
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot
Joined RAFVR via knight committee, service pilot training in US, Dallas Aviation school,
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS138 Mk IX, Built at Eastleigh.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS140 Mk IX, Built at Eastleigh.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS275 Mk IX, Built at Rolls Royce Hucknall.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS279 Mk IX, Built at Rolls Royce Hucknall.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS301 Mk IX, Built at Chattis Hill.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS313 Mk IX, Built at Chattis Hill.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BS446 Mk IX, Built at Eastleigh. First flew 11-9-42.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BL240 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BM260 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire BL255 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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Date | Contributor | Update |
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27 September 2014 18:02:16 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Barry Anderson, Army Air Forces Stations (Alabama, 1985) / Office of History, Headquarters Third Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe; Installations and USAAF Combat Units in the United Kingdom 1942-1945, Revised and Expanded Edition (February 1967, Revised October 1980). Roger Freeman, The Mighty Eighth War Manual (London, 1991) |