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WESTLAND WAPITI K1376 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN ON OCTOBER 14, 1934 BY TIM CARR-ELLISON. A PIECE OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE WAS SEEN TO FALL OFF AND CARR-ELLISON FORCE LANDED THE WAPITI ON USWORTH AIRFIELD. CARR-ELLISON WAS UNINJURED. THEODORE RALPH TATE (TIM) CARR-ELLISON RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION WITH THE AAF, DECEMBER 13, 1937 AND ACCEPTED A SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION WITH THE RAF THE FOLLOWING DAY: HE WAS THEN POSTED TO 54 SQUADRON. HIS GLADIATOR FLEW INTO RISING GROUND, JANUARY 28, 1939 AND HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES, JANUARY 30, 1939. HE WAS BURIED IN THE FAMILY (TATE) VAULT WITHIN THE RUINS OF BRAINSHAUGH MONASTERY, A MILE FROM HIS HOME AT GUYZANCE, NORTHUMBERLAND. photo 607 Squadron Association.
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DEMON K5686 OFTEN FLOWN BY DUDLEY CRAIG. photo 607 Squadron Association.
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HAWKER DEMON K5686 SHOWING THE SQUADRON BADGE AFTER JOINING FIGHTER COMMAND. THE SQUADRON IS QUOTED AS HAVING NO MOTTO: THE SQUADRON WANTED THE WORD 'UP' THE HERALDIC OFFICE SAID NO. AFTER AN EXCHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE, RUNCIMAN DECIDED TO HAVE NOTHING. HOWEVER, THE SQUADRON EMBLEM WAS PAINTED IN THE FIGHTER COMMAND SPEARHEAD POINTING 'UP'. IT REMAINED THE ONLY DEMON SQUADRON TO CARRY THE DEVICE IN THIS WAY. photo 607 Squadron Association. |
PILOT WILL GORE SECOND FROM RIGHT. photo 607 squadron associaton
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WILLIAM ERNEST GORE FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER WITH REYROLLE RESEARCH, WAS TO REMAIN WITH 607 SQUADRON THROUGHOUT THE BATTLE OF FRANCE UNTIL POSTED MIA, SEPTEMBER 28. 1940. photo 607 Squadron Association. |
HAWKER DEMONS OVER SUNDERLAND 1937. photo 607 Squadron Association.
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Group of 607 Squadron pilots at Usworth 1939. From left: Will Whitty, Tony Forster, Harry Welford, Harry Radcliffe, Bobby Pumphrey, Stuart Parnall and Wilkinson Barnes. Harry Peter Radcliffe 4th left, was the second son of Sir Everard Joseph 5th Baron Radcliffe of Richmond, Yorkshire. On 607 Squadron, Harry, had a penchant for getting lost while on cross-country flights. While practising air fighting tactics, he collided with the Gladiator of Alan Glover: October 29, 1939. Glover was killed Harry Radcliffe was uninjured. In France, Harry Radcliffe was practising air fighting with Nigel Graeme, march 24, 1940. The two Gladiators collided and both pilots were killed. They were buried side by side in Douai Municipal Cemetery, France: Radcliffe grave 11, Graeme grave 12. photo Syd Ashurst via 607 Squadron |
RUNCIMAN VISIT TO 607 SQUADRON IN FRANCE, WINTER 1939/40. L to R ?, PETER DIXON, LESLIE RUNCIMAN, TONY FORSTER, PETER PARROTT, LAUNCE SMITH CO, FRANCIS BLACKADDER AND MONTY THOMPSON. photo 607 Squadron Association. |
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P/O ARTHUR E. LE BREUILLY OF JERSEY, MIA MAY 14, 1940. photo Simon Le Breuilly.
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HAWKER HURRICANE AF-F, P2874, THE HURRICANE FLOWN THROUGHOUT THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN BY FRANCIS BLACKADDER. THE REVERSE OF THE PHOTO STATES THAT, THE PATCHES COVERED BULLET HOLES RECEIVED THE PREVIOUS DAY, IN THE LUFTWAFFE ATTACK OF AUGUST 15, 1940. photo Francis Blackadder. |
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HAWKER HURRICANE AF-U KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FLOWN BY WILL WHITTY. PHOTOGRAPH MAY HAVE BEEN TAKEN AT BICESTER, A REFUELING STOP, ON THE WAY TO TANGMERE SEPTEMBER 8, 1940. photo Will Whitty. |
P/O FRANCISZEK SURMA AND P/O GUSTAW RADWINSKI TANGMERE 1940. photo Francis Blackadder.
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P/O WILFRED P. OLESON, JIM VICK CO 607 SQUADRON AND WILL GORE AT TANGMERE 1940. photo Francis Blackadder. |
P/O PATRICK JOSEPH THOMAS (PADDY) STEPHENSON AND HIS HAWKER HURRICANE, AF-H V6962 AT RAF MACMERRY, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND: WINTER 1940/41. photo 'Paddy' Stephenson via 607 Squadron Association. |
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