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DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill

Name : DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill Born : 23rd March 1911 Died : 18th September 1941 Service Number : 28142 Air Victories : 8.00

He joined the RAF in 1929, went to 5 FTS, Sealand and joined 3 Squadron at Upavon on 9th September 1930. He went on to the RAFO in 1934. Sometime personal pilot to the Nizam of Hyderabad, Boitel-Gill went on to serve as a pilot with Imperial Airways. He was recalled to the RAF in April 1940 and joined 152 Squadron at Acklington as a Flight Commander. On 5th May Boitel-Gill was posted to 5 OTU Aston Down. After he had converted to Spitfires he was retained to assist in instructing new pilots on Defiant's and did not re-join 152 Squadron until 27th July 1940. Flight Lieutenant Derek B.P.A.Boitel-Gill of No 152 Squadron landed his Spitfire I (K9954) on the 15th of August 1940 at Cherbourg following with a Bf 109 combat over Portland. The Spitfire I was a write off but pilot Boitel-Gill was uninjured. He destroyed a Ju88 on 12th August, two Me110's and a Ju87 on the 15th, another Ju87 on the 18th, a Ju88 and a Me109 on 25th September, a Ju88 on the 26th and damaged a Ju88 on 19th October. Awarded the DFC (gazetted 22nd October 1940), he commanded 152 from November 1940 to 17th June 1941, when he was posted to 59 OTU Crosby-on Eden as Wing Commander Flying .On the 18th September 1941 Wing Commander Derek Boitel-Gill was killed in a flying accident at Carlisle, He was cremated at West Norwood Crematorium, Lambeth, London.

COMBAT REPORTS

In the diary of P/O Dennis Fox-Male it stated ....there was Derek Boitel-Gill who died so tragically at Crosby where we instructed pupils on Hurricanes. He was giving practice to the gunners on the gun posts round the airfield - a daily duty which we took in turn. Cloud base was about 600 to 800 feet. He was diving on the gun posts, flying low on the runway then climbing up into the cloud where he did a stall turn and came down in a dive again. The dive was steep and he flattened out at about 5 or 6 feet above the ground but poor Bottle (sic) forgot that a Hurricane still sinks after the stick is pulled back hurriedly even if it is in a level or even climbing position. A Spitfire never behaved in this way, but Bottle left his pull out too late, the Hurricane sank and hit the ground. He was thrown out and killed.

Known Service Details :
Squadron	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
No.152 Sqn RAF	Flight Lieutenant	unknown	unknown	15th August 1940	Spitfire	K9954
No.3 Sqn RAF		9th September 1930	unknown	09th September 1930			joined 3 Squadron at Upavon

Known Individual Aircraft :
Type	Serial	Codes	First Flew	Squadron History	Aircrew History	History Notes	Engine	Factory
Spitfire Ia	K9954		01/05/1939	details	details	details	Merlin II	Eastleigh

Aircraft for : DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill
A list of all aircraft associated with DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Defiant Click the name above to see prints featuring Defiant aircraft. Manufacturer : Boulton Paul Production Began : 1939 Number Built : 1075	Defiant BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT Built as a fighter, with a crew of two. Maximum speed of 304 mph, and a ceiling of 30,350 feet. armament on the defiant was four .303 browing machine guns in the Boulton Paul Turret. Designed as a intercepter fighter, the Defiant first flew in August 1937. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in October 1939 with no 264 squadron. and first flew in operations in march 1940 the Boulton Paul Defiant was certainly no match for the German Fighters, due to their lack of fire power as the defiant had no wing mounted machine guns. Heavy losses. The aircraft was re deployed as a night -Fighter in the autumn of 1940. This role also being taken over by Bristol Beaufighters in 1941, leaving the defiant for training, target tug, and air-sea rescue roles. A Total of 1075 Boulton Paul Defiant's were built
Spitfire Click the name above to see prints featuring Spitfire aircraft. Manufacturer : Supermarine Production Began : 1936 Retired : 1948 Number Built : 20351	Spitfire Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.

Squadrons for : DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by DEREK PIERRE AUMALE Boitel-Gill. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.152 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st October 1918 Fate : Disbanded 15th November 1967 Hyderabad Faithful ally Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.152 Sqn RAF	No.152 Sqn RAF Operated from Warmwell during the Battle of Britain.
No.3 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 13th May 1912 Tertius primus erit - The Third shall be first Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.3 Sqn RAF	No.3 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Last edited : 21:30, January 5, 2018
Last editor : HMS

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