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John Keith Alexander |
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Name : John Keith Alexander Born : 23rd August 1923 Died : 16th January 1983 |
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in The United States and came to UK to Join ETO, operational training at OTU, assigned to 71 Eagle Squadron and on 15th May 1941 damaged a Bf109,(Although in a note he wrote is stated shooting down the aircraft ) Also on that day his Hurricane Mk I was damaged by friendly fire from Hurricane flown by John Flynn. Upon leaving the Eagle Squadron, John sailed home on the George W. Goethals out of Cape Town, South Africa arriving In New York City August 16, 1943. |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Pilot Officer | unknown | unknown | share din damaging a Bf109, Also on that day his Hurricane Mk I was damaged by friendly fire from Hurricane flown by John Flynn. | ||||
| Aircraft for : John Keith Alexander | ||
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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 Keith Alexander | ||
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No.71 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 27th March 1917 Fate : Disbanded 31st May 1957 Eagle First from the eyries | No.71 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
First created : 19:28, January 6, 2018
Created by : HMS
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