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Name : Arthur Adams Adams Born : 6th May 1913 Died : 1995 Service Number : 90537 Air Victories : 2.00 |
. joined the RAF in 1936. He was commissioned on joining 611 Squadron, AuxAF in July 1938. He went to summer camp at Duxford on 4th August 1939 and was called to full-time service on the 26th. Adams probably destroyed a Ju87 over Dunkirk on 2nd June 1940 and possibly a Bf109. Flying from Tern Hill on 22nd July he made a forced-landing on the beach at Colwyn Bay, in Spitfire N3062 which had a coolant failure. The aircraft was pushed on to the promenade to escape the incoming tide. The 3rd August saw him promoted to Flying Officer. On 21st September Adams was sent up to investigate an unidentified aircraft over Liverpool and intercepted a Do215 of 2(F)/121 on a photo-reconnaissance mission. He pursued it for about fifteen minutes before shooting it down at Dolgellau, Merioneth, where it crash-landed at Trawsfynydd. One crew member, Uffz Pelzer, was killed and the other three (Ltn. Book, Fw. Jensen and Fw. Kühl) were captured, wounded. The aircraft (0023: VB+KK) was destroyed. Adams was then posted to 41 Squadron at Hornchurch on 29th September. In a morning engagement over Folkestone on 7th October While attacking a Dornier DO17 he had to bale out of his Spitfire I (N3276). He was not injured landing at Douglas Farm, Postling. He was posted from 41 Sqn in April 1941 and was in the RAF until 1945, when he was released as a Squadron Leader. |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
Pilot Officer | unknown | unknown | |||||
unknown | unknown | ||||||
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Type | Serial | Codes | First Flew | Squadron History | Aircrew History | History Notes | Engine | Factory |
06/10/1939 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
05/01/1940 | no information | Merlin III | Eastleigh | |||||
| Aircraft for : Arthur Adams Adams | ||
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Spitfire 
Manufacturer : Supermarine Production Began : 1936 Retired : 1948 Number Built : 20351 | Spitfire Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. | |
| Squadrons for : Arthur Adams Adams | ||
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No.41 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 15th April 1916 Seek and destroy | No.41 Sqn RAF Founded in 1916, 41 Squadron was disbanded at the end of World War One, but reformed on 1st April 1923. | |
No.611 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 10th February 1936 Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957 West Lancashire (Auxiliary) Beware, beware | No.611 Sqn RAF Formed 10th February 1936, at RAF Hendon. Initially flew Hawker Hart aircraft then Hawker Hinds, before converting to a number of variants of Spitfires throughout the war. During the war, they were present at Dunkirk and fought in the Battle of Britain. The squadron converted to Mustangs in March 1945, but disbanded in August 1945. The squadron reformed in May 1946, again with Spitfires, beforing converting to Meteor jets in May 1951. The squadron finally disbanded on 10th March 1957. | |
Last edited : 22:01, December 13, 2017
Last editor : HMS
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