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Richard George Arthur Barclay - Aircrew Details - Aviation Directory

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.

Known Service Details :

Squadron

Rank

Start of Service

End of Service

Known Dates

Aircraft

Airframes

Notes

No.238 Sqn RAF

unknown

unknown

No.611 Sqn RAF

unknown

unknown

No.249 Sqn RAF

Flight Lieutenant

unknown

unknown

07th September 1940
29th November 1940

Hurricane

V6610
V6692

5OTU

9th January 1940

22nd June 1940

Hurricane

Aston Down to convert to Hurricanes

Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Do17
Aircraft Type :
He111
Aircraft Type :
He111
Aircraft Type :
Ju88
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Ju88
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Me109
Aircraft Type :
Ju87



Squadrons :
No.249 Sqn RAF
Pilots or Aircrew :
Richard George Arthur Barclay
Historical Notes :
07-09-1940 - Hurricane flown by Flight Liutenant R.G.A.Barclay was damaged upon landing near North Weald following combat. The aircraft was later repaired.
Squadrons :

Historical Notes :
27-09-1940 - During the attack on Ju88’s on 27TH Sept 1940 ,RICHARD GEORGE ARTHUR BARCLAY, claimed a Me109 and a Ju88 destroyed. in Hurricane V6622, but was shot down south of London and made a forced-landing at West Malling
Squadrons :
No.249 Sqn RAF
Pilots or Aircrew :
Richard George Arthur Barclay
Historical Notes :
29-11-1940 - Hurricane flown by Pilot Officer R.G.A.Barclay was involved in combat with a Me109 over Tunbridge Wells.

Known Victory Claims :

Date

Rank

Squadron

Claimed

Location

Time

Aircraft Flown

Notes

07/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

07/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Do17
details

Damaged

07/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

He111
details

Damaged

18/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

He111
details

Probable

19/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Ju88
details

Shared

27/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

27/09/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Ju88
details

15/10/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

Probable

07/11/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

Probable

07/11/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

Probable

14/11/1940

No.249 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

Shared

16/07/1942

No.238 Sqn RAF

Me109
details

17/07/1942

No.238 Sqn RAF

Ju87
details

Known Individual Aircraft :

Type

Serial

Codes

First Flew

Squadron History

Aircrew History

History Notes

Engine

Factory

Hurricane I

V6610

-

details

details

details

Hurricane MK 1

V6622

-

details

details

details

Hurricane I

V6692

-

details

details

details




Aircraft for : Richard George Arthur Barclay
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Hurricane



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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
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5OTU


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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

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No.238 Sqn RAF

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No.249 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 18th August 1918
Fate : Disbanded 24th February 1969
Gold Coast

Pugnis et cacibus - With fist and heels

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No.249 Sqn RAF

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No.611 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 10th February 1936
Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957
West Lancashire (Auxiliary)

Beware, beware

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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.




Last edited : 17:47, January 2, 2018
Last editor : HMS

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