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John Frederick Pettigrew |
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Name : John Frederick Pettigrew |
Magister I P2495, 151 Sqn, North Weald Hit inn roof while low-flying, South Stoke, Oxon Plt Off Peter Phillips (22) killed Plt Off John Frederick Pettigrew injured (Australian) P/O Pettigrew went missing on 7 June 1940, His unit, No.151 Sqn. flew its Hurricanes to Manston, refuelled and together with No.56 Sqn. (Hurricanes), carried out a patrol from Abbeville to Amiens. There was a brief clash with enemy fighters identified as Heinkel He113s, but did not develop into a fight. All the Hurricanes, except Pettigrew's, returned to Manston and refuelled. it seems Pettigrew was flying Hurricane P3529 which was Shot down by Fw Albert of 7./JG3 in combat over St-Valery-sur-Somme, west of Abbeville, 1.58 p.m. he manged to parachute out of the aircraft and maanaged to get back back to England. He eventually attained the rank of Temporary Squadron Leader and was posted to the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Boscombe Down. On 24 August 24, 1944, while he was leading another aircraft in Hurricane HW187, there was a mid-air collision with KX176 and he was killed His promotion were P/O to F/O 23 April 1940 P/O to Flt Lt 23 July 1941 Flt Lt to Sqn Ldr 1 July 1943 |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Flying Officer | 28th April 1939 | 6th June 1940 | Magister I P2495, 151 Sqn, North Weald Hit inn roof while low-flying, South Stoke, Oxon Plt Off Peter Phillips (22) killed Plt Off John Frederick Pettigrew injured (Australian) P/O Pettigrew went missing on 7 June 1940, His unit, No.151 Sqn. flew its Hurricanes to Manston, refuelled and together with No.56 Sqn. (Hurricanes), carried out a patrol from Abbeville to Amiens. There was a brief clash with enemy fighters identified as Heinkel He113s, but did not develop into a fight. All the Hurricanes, except Pettigrew's, returned to Manston and refuelled. it seems Pettigrew was flying Hurricane P3529 which was Shot down by Fw Albert of 7./JG3 in combat over St-Valery-sur-Somme, west of Abbeville, 1.58 p.m. he manged to parachute out of the aircraft and maanaged to get back back to England. | ||||
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Hurricane 
Manufacturer : Hawker Production Began : 1936 Number Built : 14533 | Hurricane Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. | |
| Squadrons for : John Frederick Pettigrew | ||
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No.151 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 12th June 1918 Fate : Disbanded September 1992 Foy pour devoir - Fidelity unto duty | No.151 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
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