Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
The pot calling the kettle black I believe is the phrase you're looking for.
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Possibly Roald Dahl? I recall (from Revolting Rhymes) that he flew in Greece
Ok.......................................now we have pull out ALL of the history books.
I think I saw this in a TV doc a while back, if my memory serves me right there was an American ambulance unit that operated with the Finns and at least one of it's drivers was killed by the Russians. Going back even further into my memory banks, I think this ambulance unit consisted of people who volunteered on exclusively humanitarian grounds to help the wounded etc, none were combatants.As the first military death I'll go for Capt. Robert Losey, 21st April 1940,Dombas, Norway, by the Luftwaffe.
I seem to remember something about an American being killed by the Russians in Finland, but not the details.
Cheers
Steve
A Do 18 was shot down by 3 Blackburn Skuas of the 803 NAS from the carrier HMS Ark Royal over the North Sea on the 26th September 1939Yep! I'm not counting an alleged victory confirmed by the French for a Fairey Battle. The one I'm counting was confirmed by the Royal Navy a few days later. The RN took plenty of photographs to prove it
Cheers
Steve
I know the first British shooting down of German aircraft was achieved by a rather unlikely type of aircraft, but which one? Going by your mention of the Royal Navy having took plenty of photographs to confirm the kill I assume that the German aircraft must have ditched at sea and stayed afloat for a few days, which means the German aircraft must have been a flying boat and the British aircraft most probably a Blackburn Skua.Yep! I'm not counting an alleged victory confirmed by the French for a Fairey Battle. The one I'm counting was confirmed by the Royal Navy a few days later. The RN took plenty of photographs to prove it
Cheers
Steve
Sorry, I must have been writing at the same time as you.A Do 18 was shot down by 3 Blackburn Skuas of the 803 NAS from the carrier HMS Ark Royal over the North Sea on the 26th September 1939
If we're talking BoB then the first German aircraft to be shot down in England was a He111 on the 3rd Feb 1940 from II Gruppe of the ' Lion Geshwader' (KG26). It was shot down by Hurricanes from Blue Section, 43 Sqn. Their leader being Peter Townsend, the other pilots being Folkes and Sgt Hallows. It crash landed a mile or two from Whitby Town. Oberserver Peter Leushake and flight mechanic Johann Meyer were killed. Pilot Hermann Wilms and gunner Karl Missy survived although Karl Missy lost his legs through his injuries.