Spitfire P8654 Mk IIa - Combat - 1941-06-11 to 1941-06-11
Squadron: 609 (F) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-06-11
Completion Date: 1941-06-11
Mission: Combat
Operation: Roadstead
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Biggin Hill
Take Off Time:
Squadron Code: PR-L
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: England
Crash Specifics: flew into a cliff near Ramsgate, Kent
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: unspecified
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609 West Riding Squadron Auxillary Air Force (Tally Ho) RAF Biggin Hill. Spitfire IIa aircraft P 8654 PR-L had been attacked and damaged by two German Bf 109 fighters returning from operations when it flew into a cliff near Ramsgate, Kent, killing the pilot, Sergeant GA Chestnut (RCAF)

Sergeant Chestnut's aircraft, Spitfire P 8654 was a presentation aircraft, paid for by the people of county of Flintshire, England. It had the name "Flint" in four inch high letters, as per official instruction, on the side of the engine cowling

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