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No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron Royal Air Force   30th June 1941 New Spitfire Squadron formed August 1941 Training September 1941 Operational 7th December 1941 Australian airman killed February 1942 Convoy patrols over the Irish Sea 27th March 1942 Missing off the Isle of Wight 10th May 1942 Move to the south coast 5th June 1942 Missing over Le Havre 16th June 1942 Missing aircraft found 15th August 1942  Shot down off the Isle of Wight 20th August 1942 On the move 22nd October 1942 Lost at sea 24th October 1942 Two Spitfires shot down 11th November 1942 Mid-air collision 18th November 1942 Spitfire seized by the Germans 20th November 1942 Relocated 3rd January 1943 Aircraft carrier training 10th June 1943 Move to Exeter 30th June 1943 Ditched in the Atlantic 15th August 1943 Move to the south east 18th August 1943 Crashed in Holland 19th August 1943 Abandoned his aircraft over Dungeness 27th August 1943 Two Spitfires shot down 4th September 1943 USAAF pilot shot down in 131 Squadron 8th September 1943  Engine failure 15th September 1943 Move back to the south west 20th February 1944 New Spitfires 15th March 1944 Bomber escort duties 23rd April 1944 Crashed at sea 15th May 1944 Relocated 17th May 1944 Escaped in Paris 1st June 1944 Missing 7th June 1944 Failed to return 12th June 1944 Pilot shot down over France 21st June 1944 Crash and fire 15th August 1944 Move to Sussex 30th September 1944 Crash in Belgium 15th October 1944 Move to India 16th November 1944 Spitfire Squadron reformed 5th February 1945 Squadron reassembled in India 10th April 1945 Still no aircraft 10th June 1945 Squadron disbanded 26th June 1945 Squadron renumbered 2nd September 1945 Into Malaya If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of No. 131 (County of Kent) Squadron Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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