A Fighter Command Station at War: A Photographic Record of RAF Westhampnett from the Battle of Britain to D-Day and Beyond by Mark Hiller

Author:Mark Hiller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Aviation
ISBN: 9781473844698
Publisher: Frontline Books
Published: 2015-08-31T04:00:00+00:00

Sergeant Pilots of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron with, to the right, Leading Aircraftman Durham, outside the ‘B’ Flight hut at Westhampnett. (ww2images)

Four of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron’s pilots at Westhampnett. From left to right they are Flight Lieutenant Colin MacFie, Flying Officer ‘Cocky’ Dundas (who is wearing a pre-war flying suit), Pilot Officer Phillip ‘Nip’ Heppell, and Pilot Officer ‘Johnnie’ Johnson. MacFie, who had flown with 611 (West Lancashire) Squadron during the Battle of Britain, became a PoW after being forced down on 5 July 1941. For his part, Heppell was one of the first pilots to fly a Spitfire off the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, to Malta, in 1942. (The Andy Saunders Collection)

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