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A. Mcfadden |
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Name : A. Mcfadden Service Number : 42510 |
Pilot Officer A.Mcfadden of No.73 Squadron was shot down in his Hurricane (L1891) by a Do17 on May 14th 1940, he baled out safely. |
COMBAT REPORTS |
73 Squadron Operational Record Book – 22 October 1940 Thick fog until 1200 hours. Nothing was done in the morning except to walk Hon. Group Captain ‘Stefan’ across the aerodrome in the hope of setting up a hare. In this F/C Hoole and P/O McFadden were successful, but Hon. G C ‘Stefan’ having sighted the hare did not make any attempt to chase. In good time he will undoubtedly realise what his duties to the mess are. There was no flying throughout the day. |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Pilot Officer | unknown | unknown | 11th May 1940 | ||||
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| Aircraft for : A. Mcfadden | ||
| A list of all aircraft associated with A. Mcfadden. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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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 : A. Mcfadden | ||
| A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by A. Mcfadden. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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No.73 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st July 1917 Fate : Disbanded 17th March 1969 Tutor et ultor - Protector and avenger | No.73 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
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