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Frederick Robertson DFM (25 July 1918 – 31 August 1943) was a British flying ace of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He is credited with the destruction of at least twelve aircraft.
The seat plummeted down to earth and landed near to South Creake; the pilot was unhurt and managed to recover the aircraft back to RAF Marham (its point of origin). [83] [84] 2009. 2 July 2009 - ZE982, a Tornado F3 aircraft (of No. 43 Squadron RAF) from RAF Leuchars, crashed into a hillside at Glen Kinglas, 1,198 feet (365 m) above sea level ...
Three full military burial services organised by the Ministry of Defence laid to rest nine men at Jonkerbos War Cemetery in the Netherlands this week. Remains of RAF airmen who died during WW2 ...
[2] Forms part of the UK Military Flying Training System listed below but operated by RAF. Grob Tutor T.1: Germany: Propeller: Trainer: 1999: 91 [e] 119 [2] Used by the RAF Air Experience Flight. 28 Tutors have been sold to the Finnish Air Force as of 2018. [41] Grob Viking T.1: Germany: Glider: Trainer: 1990: 52: 91: The Grob Viking T1 is the ...
The Suez Crisis in 1956 saw a large RAF role, with aircraft operating from RAF Akrotiri and RAF Nicosia on Cyprus and RAF Luqa and RAF Hal Far on Malta as part of Operation Musketeer. [42] The RAF suffered its most recent loss to an enemy aircraft during the Suez Crisis, when an English Electric Canberra PR7 was shot down over Syria. [43]
Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris – C-in-C RAF Bomber Command during World War II; Sir Douglas Bader – Amputee and fighter pilot & POW during Battle of Britain; Sir Keith Park – New Zealander – AOC No. 11 Group RAF during Battle of Britain; Sir Frank Whittle – Co-inventor of the turbojet; Guy Gibson – Dambusters raid leader and VC holder
Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (/ f ɪ ˈ n uː k ə n / fin-OO-kən; 16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane among his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.