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No.341 Sqn RAF

Name : No.341 Sqn RAF Founded : 18th January 1943 Disbanded : 7th November 1945 Country : UK Fate : Disbanded 7th November 1945 More Details : French G.C3/2 Alsace Friendship Known Code Letters : , NL,

Known Service Details :
Pilot or Aircrew	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
D P Fry	Sergent-Chef	unknown	17th March 1944		Spitfire	MJ602	Killed in Action

Pilots and Aircrew for : No.341 Sqn RAF
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Name	Info
Closterman, Pierre Click the name above to see a profile of Closterman, Pierre    Died : 22 / 3 / 2006	Closterman, Pierre One of the RAFs best known fighter pilots, with more than 20 victories, Clostermann was a Free French officer and later the author of a classic book about World War Two flying, The Big Show. Clostermann came to Britain via the United States and was first in action with 341 (Alsace) Squadron on Spitfires in 1943. By D-Day he was with 602 Squadron, also on Spitfires, and flew a patrol over the beaches late in the afternoon of June 6th. On June 14th he became the first French pilot to land in liberated France. Rested in July 1944, Clostermann returned to action in January 1945 and from 4th March was flying Tempests with 274 Squadron. His first Tempest score was a Bf 109 on his second day during a "cannon test". In the middle of March 1945 he was posted as a Flight commander to No 56 Squadron. With this unit he destroyed a Bf109 in the air. On 8th April he was transferred to No 3 Squadron as "A" Flight commander where he on 20th April scored two Fw190D-9s. Clostermann's final score in Tempest is at least 12 destroyed, 6 shared and 2 probables. He was awarded the DSO and DFC and Bar in addition to French, Belgian and American decorations. Post war he achieved world-wide fame with The Big Show, and other books, and enjoyed a substantial career in politics and th aviation industry. Pierre Clostermann passed away on 22nd March 2006. Final Total : 33 destroyed 19 Fw190 7 Me109 2 Dornier 24 1 Fieseler 156 1 Ju252 1 Ju88 1 Ju290 1 Heinkel 111 On the ground he destroyed : 7 Ju88 6 Do18 4 He177 2 Arado 323 1 Ju252 1 Blom-Voss ,br>Add to it some 72 locomotives , 5 tanks , 1 submarine and 2 destroyers.
Fry, D P Click the name above to see a profile of Fry, D P    Died : 17 / 3 / 1944	Fry, D P Killed on 17th March 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.IX MJ602 of No.341 Sqn crashed into the sea four miles north west of Landunez.

Aircraft for : No.341 Sqn RAF
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Aircraft	Info
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.