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From the book
"The Manston Spitfire" by Lewis Deal Published 1981 ISBN 0 948305 01 0 £5.00 from the sales counter |
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PILOTS KNOWN TO HAVE FLOWN THE MANSTON SPITFIRE - TB752 |
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| Over the past years
efforts have been made to trace as many pilots as possible who flew TB752
both in war and peacetime. In some cases the effort has carried success
with it, but equally, considerable research has not been so crowned. At
least 2 of the pilots contacted to their disgust turned out to have flown
virtually every other Spitfire in their Squadron — but not the one that
mattered. However, all 15 of TB752's wartime pilots (or sadly their relatives
in 3 cases) have been traced as far apart as Australia, South Africa, Canada
and America.
Without the assistance which has been received from the Ministry of Defence (Aircrew Records), Public Records Office (London) and Public Archives Canada the task would have been virtually impossible. |
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| WAR-TIME PILOTS |
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| No 66 Squadron
(RAF) Squadron Code LZ-F |
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| Pilot Officer
Richard J Edwards
Pilot Officer Dennis Hugo (killed in action April 1945) |
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| No 403 Squadron
(RCAF) Wolf Squadron Squadron Code KH-Z |
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| Flight Sergeant
Robert E Barbour
Flight Lieutenant James D Lindsay (DFC) Flight Lieutenant R A Morrison Flight Lieutenant C Leslie Rispler Flying Officer Robert C Shannon Flying Officer Arthur Van R Sainsbury (died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1974) Flying Officer Marvin Silver (F/O Silver also flew TB752 with No 66 Squadron (RAF)) Flying Officer Frederick W Town (destroyed an He111 with TB752) Flying Officer Robert Young (destroyed an FW190 with TB752) Squadron Leader Henry P M Zary (DFC) (Officer Commanding 403 Squadron. Destroyed an Me109 with TB752 - died from pleurisy in a Quebec Hospital in 1946) |
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| Follow a link
for their individual story We are grateful to David
Sainsbury who first suggested this section of the website. |
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