John S Blyth

Military
media-7508.jpeg UPL 7508 Lt John S Blyth 14th Photo Squadron 7th Photo Recon Group, Mount Farm [AAF234], UK, 1943.

Object Number - UPL 7508 - Lt John S Blyth 14th Photo Squadron 7th Photo Recon Group, Mount Farm [AAF234], UK, 1943.

31 October 1943 in F-5A 212322 forced to return to base due to equipment problems and haze. Attempting to land at RAF Thame, did not stop in time and had accident.



SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE: Spitfire 944 - US Spitfire Pilot Lt Col John S. Blyth DFC recounts exploits: -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttJHXYiKCYk





Spitfire 944 is a short documentary in which the 83-year-old World War II pilot John S. Blyth views 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash-landing for the first time, 61 years after the event:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitfire_944





Operation CROSSBOW:- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998291/?ref_=nm_knf_i2



Some of his Hi-Res Recon photographs:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24554019@N06/sets/72157623404746901

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Oh Johnny
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
A Spitfire Mk XI (serial number M3-955) of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group.
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Lease Fleece
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Kisty the 1st
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
A Mark XI Spitfire (serial number PA842) of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group takes off past a Cessna UC-78 at Mount Farm Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire PA842 Mount Farm Astrella"
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Nicknames: Hot Toddy
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron

Places

Events

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Born

9 June 1922

Died

27 September 2016

Revisions

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Information from John Bayer, LT, USN (Retired), Virginia Beach, VA USA

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Contributor466thHistorian
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Chris Brassfield

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7th Photo Recon Group Master Directory, 6 June 1996, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 351 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

John S Blyth: Gallery (25 items)