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Pilot Officer Phillip Leckrone. Pilot, . Leckrone traveled to Britain in 1940 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force. Following conversion to the Spitfire at No 7 OTU RAF Hawarden he joined No. 616 Squadron at RAF Kenley on 2 September 1940. He flew more tha
Died 5 January 1941
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Pilot Officer Vernon Keough. Pilot, . Born in Brooklyn, New York around 1912, the son of Charles and Constance Theresa Keough. He had earned a civil pilot's licence in America and was also a professional parachute jumper with over 500 jumps, performi
Died 15 February 1941
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Flying Officer Stanley Kolendorski. Pilot, . F/O Stanley Michel "Mike" Kolendorski - naturalized American, son of Polish immigrants. He had been living in California with his wife Charlotte May prior to enlisting in the RAF in Canada. His wife t
Died 17 May 1941
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Taylor. Pilot, . Pilot initially on Hawker Hurricanes with 71 (Eagle) Sqn. Killed in flying accident, when Spitfire P8572 dived into ground near Ongar, Essex, England. KIFA. 9th Aug 1941. * P8572 may have been unofficially borrowed f
Died 9 August 1941
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Flying Officer Eugene Tobin. Pilot, . Gene Tobin was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 4 January 1917, the son of Ignatius Quimby Tobin and Mary Alicia Tobin. He had two older sisters Helen, and Mary. The Tobin family lived in Salt Lake, where their father
Died 7 September 1941
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Pilot Officer Earl Mason. Pilot, . When WWII broke out, Earl resolved to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, which he did having gained his high school diploma in June 1940. Having completed his basic training and shipped over to England he went through op
Died 15 September 1941
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Pilot Officer Thomas McGerty. Pilot, . Missing in Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb W3509, escorting Blenheim's to Mazingarbe, believed to have ditched on return 17-9-41. Killed in Action (KIA). His body washed ashore on 20th October 1941 near Castricum, Ne
Died 17 September 1941
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Flight Lieutenant Andrew Mamedoff. Pilot, 4th Fighter Group. Born in Thompson, Connecticut, 12 August 1912, where his White Russian family had settled in the early 1910s. Interestingly, it is believed that he was Jewish of Russian heritage. Mamedoff atten
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer Hugh McCall. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.'
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer Roy Stout. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.'
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer William White. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 133S member of B flight. 'En Route to Eglinton, while letting down in bad weather to refuel on the Isle of Man, a portion of "B" Flight hit a mountain and all were killed**.&#
Died 8 October 1941
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Pilot Officer James Coxetter . Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, Polaris Flight Academy, assigned to 133S, replacement pilot Eglinton Oct-41 Killed in a flying action 27-Oct-41. Repatriated to the USA.
Died 27 October 1941
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Pilot Officer Ross Scarborough. Pilot, . US citizen born in Pomona, California, Ross Scarborough joined the RAFVR in 1941[RAF No. 65976], before being assigned to Squadron 133, the third "Eagle" Squadron. In September 1941 he was transferred to
Died 15 November 1941
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Flight Officer Richard Patterson. Pilot, . Fuller Patterson grew up in Richmond, Virginia and decided to join up in Canada to "get into the war". He flew as a fighter pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force from England as part of No. 121 Squadro
Died 7 December 1941
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Pilot Officer Kenneth Holder. Pilot, . Joined RAFVR, assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, failed to return from patrol off Lincolnshire coast in Spitfire AA871. Killed in Action (KIA) 12-12-41. Body recovered from sea two weeks later.
Died 12 December 1941
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