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No.131 Sqn RAF |
Name : No.131 Sqn RAF Founded : 15th March 1918 Disbanded : 31st December 1945 Country : UK Fate : Disbanded 31st December 1945 More Details : County of Kent Invicta - Unconquered |
Known Service Details : | |||||||
Pilot or Aircrew | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
October 1944 | unknown | took command of 131 Squadron at Friston in October and led it until June 1945 | |||||
Warrant Officer | unknown | 1st June 1944 | Killed in Action | ||||
flight commander | February 1942 | unknown | In February 1942 No. 131 Squadron RAF, based at Llanbedr as a flight commander, and claimed his first kill, a Junkers Ju 88, | ||||
Flight Lieutenant | unknown | 12th June 1944 | Killed in Action | ||||
Flight Sergeant | unknown | unknown | 17th May 1944 | ||||
Warrant Officer | unknown | 23rd April 1944 | Killed in Action | ||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
Flight Sergeant | unknown | unknown | 21st June 1944 | ||||
Warrant Officer | unknown | 7th June 1944 | Killed in Action |
Pilots and Aircrew for : No.131 Sqn RAF | ||
A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
Name | Info | |
Atkinson, William James Click the name above to see a profile of Atkinson, William James
| Atkinson, William James Killed age 21 on 1st June 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.VII MB887 of No.131 Sqn was shot down by flak near St Brieux. His name is on the Runnymede Memorial. Son of Clifford and Elsie May Atkinson, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia. | |
Harries, Raymond Hilary Click the name above to see a profile of Harries, Raymond Hilary
| Harries, Raymond Hilary Joining the RAFVR in September 1939, after training Harries was posted to No. 43 Squadron at Drem in Scotland. He was then posted on 8 July 1941 to 52 OTU at Debden as an instructor. In February 1942 he joined No. 131 Squadron RAF, based at Llanbedr as a flight commander, and claimed his first kill, a Junkers Ju 88, soon after. He served with the unit until December 1942, when he became CO of 91 Squadron, and in April 1943 received the new Mark XII Spitfire and were based at Hawkinge. Harries was ultimately the most successful pilot to fly the Rolls-Royce Griffon powered Supermarine Spitfire, scoring 11 kills in the type, including a brace of Focke-Wulf Fw 190s on 25 May 1943. Flying a Spitfire XII, Harries intercepted the Fw 190s from SKG 10: I was leading Blue Section on a defensive patrol. I had just returned to base, with my No 2, had just landed when the scramble signal was given from the watch office. We both immediately took off again, and saw enemy aircraft approaching Folkestone. I sighted one lone Fw 190 at sea level returning to France. I came in from his starboard side, delivering a three-second burst at 250 yards. The enemy aircraft hit the sea tail first, split in two, and sank immediately. The Fw 190 was thought to be Fw 190A-5 Wrk Nr 2511 of 6./SKG 10, flown by Oberleutnant Josef Keller. I then spotted another Fw 190 to starboard. I flew straight over the top of it in order to identify it in the failing light. The enemy aircraft pulled his nose up and gave me a quick squirt. I pulled straight up to about 1000ft, and turning to port, dived right onto his tail, opening fire from 300 yards and closing to 150 yards. I fired a four-second burst, seeing strikes and flames all over the enemy aircraft. The enemy aircraft gradually lost height, with smoke and flames coming from it, skimmed for some distance along the surface of the water and then sank. I orbited around taking cine gun snaps of the oil patch and pieces of wreckage that were visible. In June the squadron moved to Westhampnett to form a Mk XII fighter wing with No. 41 Squadron. On 18 July 1943 Harries shot down three Bf 109's while flying MB831. In doing so he became the first pilot to reach five kills in the Griffon-engined Spitfire. Harries became Wing Leader in August 1943, and by November, had been awarded a total of three DFCs and a DSO. In early 1944 Harries went to the United States, to lecture on fighter tactics, only to return and become Wing Leader of 135 Wing, 2nd TAF, in the spring of 1944. On 22 September 1943 Harries claimed one Fw 190 shot down and another as a probable. The Westhampnett Wing were the highest scoring Wing in Fighter Command for the month of September, claiming 27 kills. On 20 October 1944 Harries shot down a pair of Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs near Rouen, his last kills in the type. In January 1945 he underwent a conversion course on the Hawker Tempest, prior to the wing being re-equipped, but was posted then to 84 Group as Wing Commander/Training. After the war he was awarded a bar to the DSO, and served as CO No. 92 Squadron RAF in 1949. On 14 May 1950 he died while flying a 92 Squadron Gloster Meteor F4 when it ran out of fuel and crashed near Sheffield, Yorkshire. His funeral was held at RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 18 May 1950. | |
Moody, Vincent Kenneth Click the name above to see a profile of Moody, Vincent Kenneth
| Moody, Vincent Kenneth Killed aged 24 on 12th June 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.VII MD123 of No.131 Sqn was shot down by flak over Le Mans airfield during combat with Me109s. He is buried in Yvre L'Eveque Communal Cemetery. Son of Fred and Louise Moody, of West Middle Sable, Clare Co., Nova Scotia, Canada. | |
Morris, J E Click the name above to see a profile of Morris, J E | Morris, J E On 17th May 1944, his Spitfire Mk.VII MD166 of No.131 Sqn failed to return from a shipping reconnaissance mission to Lezardrieux. He successfully evaded capture. | |
Newman, Frank Click the name above to see a profile of Newman, Frank | Newman, Frank Flight Lieutenant Newman left O.T.U. to join 131 Squadron at Tangmere in time to participate in the closing months of the Battle of Britain. As the enemy activity diminished so the policy of Fighter Command turned to offensive sweeps over western France. By the end of 1942 the A.O.C decided to give the squadrons of 11 Group a rest from their intensive operations, so 131 Squadron was posted to northern Scotland to defend Scapa Flow naval base. This routine series of operations came to an end when Frank was chosen, together with a number of other experienced pilots, to form a fighter wing for the invasion of North Africa. My mid-1943 Rommel and the African Corps had been swept out of Algeria and Tunisia by General Montgomery and the Eighth Army. After a short rest the Desert Air Force was heavily engaged in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. By this time Frank was transferred to join the already famous 92 Squadron where he was pleased to come under the command of such experienced pilots as Group Captain Brian Kingcome and Squadron Leader Neville Duke. For the next few months 92 Squadron was heavily involved in a twice-weekly patrol over the Anzio Bridgehead where they occasionally met small units of the Luftwaffe. It was at this point that the squadron was hoping to score its 300th enemy aircraft destroyed. This happened on the 17th February 1944 and it was time for a squadron celebration! The enemy continued to appear in small numbers and later in the year whilst leading a dusk patrol Frank Newman and his fellow pilots were able to add to this score so that by the end of the campaign the total score reached 317½ definitely destroyed and over 200 probably destroyed. Any further increase in this number of victories was made impossible when the squadron was switched to fighter/bombers in late 1944; for this, tactics were so different. Each Spitfire carried a 500lb bomb and was given a map reference for his target by the army ground force. After the war Fl. Lt. Newman was sent on a training course to be become a Test Pilot. Upon completion of the course he was appointed Test Pilot at the R.A.F.’s biggest maintenance units (132 M.U.) where he enjoyed the privilege of flying thirty-one different types of aircraft. | |
Pegge, C. O. J. Click the name above to see a profile of Pegge, C. O. J.
| Pegge, C. O. J. joined 610 Squadron at Gravesend on 16th June. On 8th July Pegge claimed a Me109 destroyed, on 12th August two more and on the 18th a Me109 destroyed and a He111 damaged. On the return to Biggin Hill his Spitfire, R6694, was damaged by a Me109 and then further damaged by running into a bomb crater on landing. Pegge was unhurt. On 9th June Pegge was given command of 127 Squadron in the Western Desert. He destroyed a Me109 on 8th July and two Ju87’s on 2nd September. He left the squadron in April 1943 and returned to the UK. In September 1944 Pegge went to 126 Squadron at Bradwell Bay as a supernumerary Squadron Leader. He took command of 131 Squadron at Friston in October and led it until June 1945. He was then posted to command 607 Squadron in Burma, which he did until its disbandment at Mingaladon on 19th August 1945. Pegge was awarded a Bar to the DFC Pegge was killed on 9th May 1950 whilst flying in Meteor F4 VT234 of the Central Fighter Establishment, West Raynham. The aircraft flew into the Wash when descending in mist and fog whilst Pegge was flying as No.2 to a course pilot. | |
Phillips, Douglas Frederick Click the name above to see a profile of Phillips, Douglas Frederick
| Phillips, Douglas Frederick Killed aged 25 on 23rd April 1944 when his No.131 Sqn Spitfire Mk.VII MB935 crashed into the sea 25 miles south east of Bolt Head. His name is on the Runnymede memorial. Son or Thomas Frederick and Elizabeth Catherine Phillips. | |
Pickering, Tony Click the name above to see a profile of Pickering, Tony
| Pickering, Tony With the RAFVR just before the war commenced, Tony Pickering joined 32 Squadron at Biggin Hill in July 1940, flying Hurricanes, and in August 1940 to 501 Squadron at Gravesend. In September he was shot down in Hurricane P5200, but unhurt in a duel with an Me109, destroying another 109 a few weeks later. In December he joined 601 Squadron at Northolt. After a spell instructing, he joined 131 as a Flight Commander in February 1943, and later served as a Squadron Commander in the Middle East. | |
Tanner, E J Click the name above to see a profile of Tanner, E J
| Tanner, E J On 21st June 1944, his Spitfire Mk.VII MD131 of No.131 Sqn was damaged by flak and damaged beyond repair when it caught fire during the subsequent belly landing. He was unharmed. | |
Woodey, Jack Edward Click the name above to see a profile of Woodey, Jack Edward
| Woodey, Jack Edward Killed aged 24 on 7th June 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.VII MB883 of No.131 Sqn failed to return from a mission to Morlaix. His name is on the Runnymede Memorial. Son of Arthur William and Rosa Woodey, of Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. |
Known Individual Aircraft of No.131 Sqn RAF : | ||||||||
Type | Serial | Codes | First Flew | Squadron History | Aircrew History | History Notes | Engine | Factory |
29/08/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
2109 | 19/09/1941 | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
25/09/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
26/09/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
24/10/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
26/10/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
SZ-A | 29/10/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | High Post | |||
31/10/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
15/11/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
20/11/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
20/12/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
22/11/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
29/11/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
20/12/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | High Post | ||||
UZ-A | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Eastleigh | |||
29/01/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | |||||
14/02/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
OU-Y | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
SK-H | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XX | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
NX-B | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
NX-E | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
GW-O | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
YT-M | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
NX-K | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
SK-R | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin III | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin III | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | ||||
AZ-W | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
FU-S | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
DW-R | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
DW-N | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
NX-A | 04/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
HN-B | 24/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
08/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | High Post | ||||
25/07/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
MD-D | 11/08/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | |||
19/07/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Chattis Hill | ||||
06/10/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
FU-V | 22/08/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Rolls Royce Hucknall | |||
22/08/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Rolls Royce Hucknall | ||||
SH-K | 11/09/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Chattis Hill | |||
11/09/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
DW-W | - | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Westland | ||||
06/11/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Chattis Hill | ||||
29/01/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
20/03/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
17/04/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
27/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
30/04/1942 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 46 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63A | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
NX-A | - | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
NX-U | - | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||||
07/12/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
07/12/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
YQ-K | 14/12/1943 | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | |||||
22/12/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
22/12/1943 | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
31/12/1943 | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | ||||
- | no information | Merlin 64 | Eastleigh | |||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 61 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
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- | no information | no information | Merlin 63 | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
10/11/1939 | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||||
29/12/1939 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
DW-J | 11/01/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin XII | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory | ||||
19/01/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
DW-E | 27/03/1940 | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
11/04/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
07/05/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
19/06/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
12/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
18/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
20/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
22/02/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
08/03/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
03/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
GW-S | 07/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | |||
08/04/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
17/05/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | High Post | ||||
PJ-F | 07/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | |||
04/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
11/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Chattis Hill | ||||
11/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | High Post | ||||
14/06/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
SZ-I | - | no information | no information | Merlin 45M | Eastleigh | |||
01/07/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
05/07/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
19/07/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | High Post | ||||
12/07/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Chattis Hill | ||||
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
22/08/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | High Post | ||||
16/08/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
27/08/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Eastleigh | ||||
05/09/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | High Post | ||||
KH-J | 27/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
29/07/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
DW-T | 02/08/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
04/08/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
05/08/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
11/08/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
12/08/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
02/09/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
QJ-P | 03/09/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||
06/10/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
01/11/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
05/11/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
14/11/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
04/12/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
14/12/1940 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
01/01/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | ||||
11/01/1941 | no information | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh |
Aircraft for : No.131 Sqn RAF | ||
A list of all aircraft associated with No.131 Sqn RAF. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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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. | |
Thunderbolt
Production Began : 1943 Number Built : 15683 | Thunderbolt Alexander Kartveli was a engineer with Seversky Aircraft who designed the P-35, which first flew in 1937. With Republic Aviation Kartveli supervised the development of the P-43 Lancer. Neither of these aircraft were produced in large numbers, and neither was quite successful. However, the Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt, also nicknamed the Jug, was quite a different story. The Jug was the jewel in Kartvelis design crown, and went on to become one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with 15,683 being manufactured. The P-47 was the largest and heaviest single seat fighter of WW II. The P-47 immediately demonstrated its excellent combat qualities, including speed, rate of climb, maneuverability, heavy fire power, and the ability to take a lot of punishment. With a wingspan of more than 40 feet and a weight of 19,400 pounds, this large aircraft was designed around the powerful 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine. The first P-47 prototype flew in May of 1941, and the primary variant the P-47D went into service in 1943 with units of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The Jug had a maximum speed in excess of 400 MPH, a service ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet, and was heavily armed with either six or eight heavy caliber machine guns. With its ability to carry up to a 2,500 pound bomb load, the Jug saw lots of use in ground attack roles. Until the introduction of the N model, the P-47 lacked the long range required for fighter escort missions which were most often relegated to P-51 Mustangs or P-38 Lightnings. In his outstanding painting entitled Bridge Busting Jugs, noted aviation artist Stan Stokes depicts Eighth Air Force Jugs in a ground attack mission in the Alps in June of 1944. The top P-47 ace was Francis Gabreski who had flown with the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to be equipped with the P-47. In August of 1943 Gabreski attained his first aerial combat victory (over an Fw-190) and by years end he had reached ace status with 8 confirmed victories. As Commander of the 61st Squadron, Gabreski continued to chalk up victory after victory, and on seven different occasions he achieved two victories during the same mission. However, in July of 1944 Gabreski damaged the prop on his Jug during a low level attack on an airfield near Coblenz. Forced to make a crash landing, he was captured and remained a prisoner of war until Wars end in 1945. Following the War Gabreski returned to military service with the Air Forces 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. Flying the F-86 Sabre Jet, Gabreski attained 6.5 more aerial victories in 1951 and 1952 becoming an ace in two different wars |
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