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No. 213 Squadron Royal Air Force 28th May 1940 Pilot lost 6th July 1940 RAF Exeter operational 11th August 1940  Ports and ships attacked 12th August 1940 Battle of Britain 13th August 1940  Eagle Day 15th Aug 1940 Eagle Day 16th August 1940 Aftermath of Eagle Day 25th August 1940 Battle of Britain 26th August 1940  Battle of Britian 11th September 1940 Battle of Britain 12th September 1940 Quiet day 15th Sep 1940 Battle of Britain Day 27th October 1940 Air Combat 6th November 1940 Dogfight over the coast 18th November 1941 Operation Crusader 6th April 1942 Move to Egypt without aircraft 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. 213 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Barrow. Hector Jack . Sgt Pilot MacFarlane Albert. 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There are:2014 items tagged No. 213 Squadron Royal Air Force available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Flt.Sgt. Albert MacFarlane No. 213 Squadron (d.29th Aug 1944) Albert MacFarlane was killed whilst serving with No. 213 Squadron, flying P-51 Mustangs, and was buried in the Sangro River War Cemetery. Gary Weeks Add to this record. Sgt Pilot Hector Jack "Raymond " Barrow. Hector Barrow served with 607 (County of Durham), 43 (China-British) and 213 (Ceylon) Squadrons. He was born in Isle worth, Middlesex, son of Alfred Hector Henry and Edith Ethel Barrow, joined the RAFVR (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) in April 1939 as an Airman under training Pilot. He was called up on Sept 1 st 1939 and with training completed, he joined 607 Squadron at RAF Usworth in June 1940. In late July he was posted to 43 Squadron at RAF Tangmere and was attached to 6 Operational Training Unit (at RAF Sutton Bridge) for training from August 3 to August 24. He transferred on September 20 to 213 Squadron, which was also based at RAF Tangmere. On September 27 Barrow claimed a share in destroying a Bf 110. He was reported Missing following a Wing patrol with 602 Squadron over RAF Tangmere on November 28th. His aircraft Hurricane Mk l (RAF Serial Number V6691) was shot down by a Bf109 of JG51 at 15:10 into the sea off Bognor on 28th November 1940. Barrow s body was washed up on the French coast. He is buried in Colleville-sur-Mer Churchyard, Calvados, France. He was 21 when he died. Hawker Hurricane Mk I V6691 was one of 500 delivered between August 1940 and January 1941 by Gloster Aircraft, Hucclecote, to Contract No. B.85730/ 40. Serving with 213 Squadron it would have been coded AK-? (? indicates that the individual code letter is unknown). This aircraft had previously served with 253 Squadron. Paul McMillan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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