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Richard George Arthur Barclay |
Name : Richard George Arthur Barclay Born : 7th December 1919 Died : 17th July 1942 Service Number : 74661 Air Victories : 6.00 Awards : Distinguished Flying Cross |
Serving with No.249 Squadron, Richard Barclay was shot down south of London on the 27th of September 1940, making a forced landing at West Malling. That day he had already claimed an Me109 and a Ju88, to add to his tally of one Me109, a damaged Do17, a damaged He111, a shared He111 and a shared Ju88. In the next two months he went on to claim a further three Me109 probables and a shared in another Me109, but on the 29th of November he was badly wounded in the legs, ankles and elbow after being shot down by an Me109. By September 1941 he had resumed flying with No.611 Sqn , but had scored no further victories when he was shot down during a sweep over St Omer, making a forced landing at Buyschoeure after being attacked by Me109s and breaking through high tension wires. Returning to flight as the commanding officer of No.238 Sqn fighting in North Africa, he claimed a further two victories on the 16th and 17th of July 1942 to become an Ace, with a total of 5 victories plus two shared, two damaged and four probable. Unfortunately, after his final victory he was killed when his Hurricane Mk.II was shot down on 17th July 1942. Some sources claim he was shot down by Luftwaffe Ace Werner Schroer, an Ace with 114 victories who survived the war and lived until 1985. |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
unknown | unknown | ||||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Flight Lieutenant | unknown | unknown | 07th September 1940 | ||||
9th January 1940 | 22nd June 1940 | Aston Down to convert to Hurricanes |
Known Victory Claims : | ||||||||
Date | Rank | Squadron | Claimed | Location | Time | Aircraft Flown | Notes | |
07/09/1940 | ||||||||
07/09/1940 | Damaged | |||||||
07/09/1940 | Damaged | |||||||
18/09/1940 | Probable | |||||||
19/09/1940 | Shared | |||||||
27/09/1940 | ||||||||
27/09/1940 | ||||||||
15/10/1940 | Probable | |||||||
07/11/1940 | Probable | |||||||
07/11/1940 | Probable | |||||||
14/11/1940 | Shared | |||||||
16/07/1942 | ||||||||
17/07/1942 |
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Aircraft for : Richard George Arthur Barclay | ||
A list of all aircraft associated with Richard George Arthur Barclay. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
Aircraft | Info | |
Hurricane
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. |
Squadrons for : Richard George Arthur Barclay | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Richard George Arthur Barclay. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
Squadron | Info | |
5OTU Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 5OTU | 5OTU 5 OTU was formed in 1940 as part of No. 12 Group Fighter Command at RAF Aston Down for training fighter pilots until it was disbanded 1 August 1945 | |
No.238 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 20th August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 4th October 1948 Ad finem - To the end | No.238 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
No.249 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 18th August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 24th February 1969 Gold Coast Pugnis et cacibus - With fist and heels | No.249 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
No.611 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 10th February 1936 Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957 West Lancashire (Auxiliary) Beware, beware | No.611 Sqn RAF Formed 10th February 1936, at RAF Hendon. Initially flew Hawker Hart aircraft then Hawker Hinds, before converting to a number of variants of Spitfires throughout the war. During the war, they were present at Dunkirk and fought in the Battle of Britain. The squadron converted to Mustangs in March 1945, but disbanded in August 1945. The squadron reformed in May 1946, again with Spitfires, beforing converting to Meteor jets in May 1951. The squadron finally disbanded on 10th March 1957. |
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