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By: - 9th December 2011 at 16:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks in advance for your help, Andy. If you have any photos of the pilots of 65 Squadron from Operation Dynamo to the Battle of Britain, you may have some pretty rare items! I sincerely appreciate your willingness to look.
I've seen the listing for the IWM photo and plan on requesting it. Thanks for adding the August 8 connection.
Best,
Jeremy
By: - 9th December 2011 at 21:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hornchurch - Paddy Finucane amongst the mix as I recall.........
By: - 9th December 2011 at 22:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks for the addition.
Some other pilots from 65 Squadron in 1940 are:
SQ/Ldr. H.C Sawyer
Fl/Lt Gordon Olive (Australian)
Fl/Lt G.A.W. Saunders
Fl/Sgt W.H. Franklin
Photos or information on these pilots would be a great help, too.
Of course, Jeffrey Quill joined 65 Squadron, but he came after the timeframe I am trying to pinpoint.
By: - 10th December 2011 at 00:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
65 Squadron
The standing photo taken after 20.7.40 by the Spit are:-
LtoR Franklin,Orchard,Walker,Nicholas,Olive,Sawyer,Smart,Wigg,Hart,Finucane,Pyman,Kilner
The sitting group taken May/June '40:-
Foreground seated L to R
F/Sgt Franklin,F/Sgt Tew, Brian Kingcombe, Tom Smart, and KG Hart (back to camera sunglasses)
Standing L to R:-
S/L Des Cooke, F/S MacPherson, F/Lt GAW Saunders, F/O 'Bunny' Walker, Sgt Kilner.
Portrait photo Kenneth Graham Hart DFC
By: - 10th December 2011 at 00:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Pyman 65 Squadron
Forgot I had this as well!
By: - 10th December 2011 at 02:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Wow! Thanks, SimonSpitfire! Those are wonderful photographs of 65 Squadron. Thank you for sharing Hart and Pyman's stories, too.
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By: Cinneagh - 8th December 2011 at 18:09
Hello,
I am new to the forum. I am a historian researching 65 Squadron during the spring, summer, and fall of 1940. I've been to the usual suspects, including the RAF Museum and the IWM, but have yet to find a group photograph of the squadron pilots, like the ones taken by station or local photographers, from the 1937-1940 period. Specifically, I would like to find photographs that include 65's commanding officer, Squadron Leader Desmond Cooke, and his Spitfire K9907 during the spring and summer of 1940.
Any photographs of 65 Squadron pilots and their Spitfires (FZ/YT squadron codes) from 1939 to the end of the Battle of Britain would be a great find as well.
If someone had photographs like that and would be open to sharing a scan, I would like to use them to illustrate my work. I would give full source credit in the publication recognizing the image owner's generosity.
I would be glad to share the specifics of my research with anyone who might have information that will help me in my search.
Thank you,
Jeremy Kinney, Curator
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum