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Spitfire R6818 |
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Type : Spitfire Mark : Ia First Flew : 26th June 1940 Built at : Eastleigh Powered by : Merlin III |
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| 20th August 1940 | Damaged by Me109 over Thames estuary and crash landed at Havengore Island. |
| Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Ia R6818 | ||
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| Hart, Kenneth Graham Click the name above to see a profile of Hart, Kenneth Graham
| Hart, Kenneth Graham In 1939 he engaged on a short time commission when he joined the RAF and was with 65 Sqn in March 1940. While on patrol to Dunkirk area his engine burst into flames and he managed to crash land his stricken aircraft at North Foreland where it burnt out. On the 26th May he claimed a Bf109 destroyed and was himself shot down and crash landed on a Dunkirk beach and returned to England by ship. On the 25th June claimed another Bf109 and a He111 on 5th July. During the Battle of Britain he declared a Bf109 destroyed on August 12th (no specific information found) and he made a force landing at Havengore Island, Foulness on the 20th August at 15:30 after his engine was damaged in combat with Lt. Achleitner of 9/JG3 over the Thames Estuary, his Spitfire, R6818, was a write-off. He also claimed a Bf109 destroyed (no specific details found). On 26th January 1942, having completed a ‘tour’, Hart was posted to Rear HQ Desert Air Force, then joining 71 OTU in the Sudan as a Flight Lieutenant Instructor in February. He was posted to 94 Squadron on 10th August 1942 but returned to 71 OTU on 20th September. On 10th February 1944, he was posted to 18 Squadron, flying Boston light bombers. Throughout 1944 he completed over 33 ground attack sorties, destroying airfields and a variety of motor transport over Italy and into Southern France. He was quite rightly promoted to Squadron Leader. On 28th December 1944 whilst flying Boston BZ557 on a night intruder/armed recce of Villafranca aerodrome, his luck ran out. S/Ldr. Hart and his crew of F/Sgt. Bluston (Navigator), F/O J Woods ( Wireless Operator), and Air Gunner WO RJ Frizzel (RNZAF) were hit by flak, the aircraft seen to be enveloped in fire when it crashed with no survivors. Buried at Coriano Ridge War Cemetery 3.5 kilometres west of Riccione, Italy. | |
| Squadrons for : Spitfire Ia R6818 | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Ia R6818. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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No.65 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st August 1916 Fate : Disbanded 30th June 1992 East India Vi e tarmis - By force of arms | No.65 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from December 1943. | |
| Aircraft type : Spitfire | ||
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Spitfire 
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. | |
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Died : 28 / 12 / 1944