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| # | Name SORT (↑) | First Names | Rank | Service No. | Photo | Air Force | Country of Origin* | Squadrons | Awards | Aircraft | Victories | Fate in Battle | Fate After Battle | DateOfDeath | **************Notes************** |
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| 1 | White | Blair Eustace Galloway | Flt Lt | 41510 | ![]() White with 504 Sqd 1940 ![]() White with 229 Sqd Malta 1943 ![]() Malta Memorial | AAF | British | 73Sqn![]() 504Sqn ![]() 74Sqn ![]() 130Sqn ![]() 1435 Flight 185Sqn (CO) ![]() 229Sqn (CO) ![]() | Hurricane, Spitfire | 2 | MIA | 1943-06-05 | Born in 1915, probably in India. Selwyn College, Cambridge. RAF October 1938. To 73 Sqd at Digby 1939-08-24. To 504 Sqd at Digby 1939-09-03. Recovered from sickness, to 74 Squadron at Hornchurch. Rejoined 504 Sqd Debden, on 1940-01-25. To France 1940-05-12. 1940-05-14 from Lille-Marcq, engaged Me109s between Mons and Ath in Hurricane L1916: damaged, force-land, wounded. 1940-05-2020 from Norrent-Fontes, hit by ground fire while attacking enemy columns between Cambrai and Arras. Force-landed, wounded. Left France in the last ship to leave Dieppe. Rejoined 504 Sqd at Castletown 1940-08-09. To Hendon 1940-09-05. Probably destroyed Me109 1940-09-07. Destroyed a Do215 and damaged a Me109 1940-09-14. To Filton Sep 26. Sep 27 destroyed a Me110 during a German attack on the Bristol area. Damaged a He111 Sep 30. Wounded in the legs by Me109 1941-05-11: forced-landing near Wellington. To 130 Sqd at Portreath as a Flight Commander. October 1942 to Malta with 1435 Flight at Luqa as a Flight Commander. CO 185 Squadron at Hal Far on 3rd November 1942. Jaundice January 1943 and gave up his command in February. CO 229 Squadron at Krendi, Malta May 1943 on ops over Sicily, making offensive sweeps and bombing attacks. White was reported 'Missing' on 5th July 1943 after failing to return from one of these sorties. See Allied Losses database for details See Allied Losses Database Blair White for 1943 Based Malta, bounced by Fw 190s over Sicily. Spitfire Vc JG838 |
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