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David L Cartridge |
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Name : David L Cartridge Awards : Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Flying Cross |
A Strike Wing leader who also excelled as a fighter pilot and was credited with destroying eight enemy aircraft. David Cartridges entire operational career was spent on Beaufighters. Joining on a short service commission in 1938, he spent three years as a flying instructor before joining No.248 Squadron Coastal Command in 1941. A variety of operations under the general classification Long Range Fighter Reconnaissance included detachment in support of Operation Pedestal, the convoy which broke the siege of Malta, and brought both a DFC and bar. After a period as a flying instructor he returned to operations in August 1944, leading No.254 Squadron of the North Coates Strike Wing until the end of the war including its very last operation during which four U-boats were sunk. |
Artwork signed by this Pilot or Aircrew |
  Clipped Signature - David Cartridge. |   Strike Wing Attack - Beaufighter by Frank Wootton. |
| Aircraft for : David L Cartridge | ||
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Beaufighter 
Manufacturer : Bristol Production Began : 1940 Number Built : 5564 | Beaufighter BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER The Bristol Beaufighter was a Torpedo Bomber and had a crew of two. with a maximum speed of 330mph and a ceiling of 29,000 feet. maximum normal range of 1500 miles but could be extended to 1750 miles. The Bristol Beaufighter carried four 20mm cannon in the belly of the aircraft and upto six .303in browning machine guns in the wings. it could also carry eight 3 -inch rockets, 1605 lb torpedo or a bomb load of 1,000 lb. The Bristol Beaufighter first flew in July 1939 and with some modifications entered service with the Royal Air Force in July 1940. In the winter of 1940 - 1941 the Beaufighter was used as a night fighter. and in March 1941 the aircraft was used at Coastal Command as a long range strike aircraft. and in 1941, the Beaufighter arrived in North Africa and used as a forward ground attack aircraft. The Bristol Beaufighter was used also in India, Burma and Australia. A total of 5,564 Beaufighters were built until production in Britain finished in 1945, but a further 364 were built in Australia for the Australian Air Force | |
| Squadrons for : David L Cartridge | ||
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No.248 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1946 Il faut en finir - It is necessary to make an end of it | No.248 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
No.254 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : May 1918 Fate : Disbanded 23rd June 1963 Fljua vakta ok ljosta - To fly, to watch and to strike | No.254 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
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