His Spitfire was damaged by ground-fire, and while attempting to fly back to England across the English Channel, he was forced to ditch into the sea and perished.

All Spitfire Pilots is a volunteer-run heritage organisation dedicated to preserving the memories and records of pilots who flew the Supermarine Spitfire during the Second World War.

Fifteen pilots are known to have flown TB752 during wartime sortees, firstly with 66 Squadron (RAF) with code LZ-F and later with 403 Squadron (RCAF Wolf Squadron) coded as KH-Z.

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The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. It was the only British …