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Joined RAFVR, service pilot training, assigned to 133S, turning onto finals into Duxford collided with another Spitfire and crashed. Killed in Action KIA 27-9-41. P/O Walter Soares also killed. Hurricanes involved Z3335 and Z3828.
Military | Pilot Officer | Pilot
Joined RAFVR, service pilot training in US, assigned to 133S
Turning onto finals into Duxford collided with another Hurricane and crashed. Killed in Action KIA 27-9-41. P/O Charles Barrell also killed. Hurricanes involved Z3335 and Z3828.
Squadron
'On 1 August 1941, No. 133 reformed at Coltishall as the third 'Eagle' Squadron manned by American personnel. Equipped with Hurricanes it became operational at the end of September. The next month the Squadron moved to Northern Ireland, returning to...
Hurricane
Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, turning onto finals into Duxford collided with Hurricane Z3828 and crashed. P/O Charles S Barrell Killed in Action KIA. P/O Walter Soares also killed. 27-9-41.
Hurricane
Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF, turning onto finals into Duxford collided with Hurricane Z3335 and crashed. P/O Walter Soares Killed in Action KIA. P/O Charles S Barrell also killed. 27-9-41.
Military site : airfield
An RAF Station with US lodger units. USAAF Spitfires and P-38s were attached to RAF No 11 Group stations in mid-1942 for training; also used for special operations by British and US forces.
Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...
Other location
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| Born | 1912 | |
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Son of Charles Sewell and Julia G Barrell, of Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA. |
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| Joined RAFVR | 1940 | |
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Joined Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. |
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| Service pilot training | Tulsa, OK, USA | 1940 |
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Service pilot training. Spartan College of Aeronautics. |
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| Assigned | Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 1941 – 27 September 1941 |
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Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
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| Died | Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22, UK | 27 September 1941 |
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Turning onto finals into Duxford collided with another Spitfire and crashed. Killed in Action [KIA] 27-9-41. P/O Walter Soares also killed. |
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| Buried | 1945 | |
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Brookwood American Cemetery, Surrey, UK. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 06 November 2015 18:20:05 | Al_Skiff | Changes to biography and events |
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http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3502 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 November 2015 17:42:32 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with surname, middlename, firstname, nationality, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3502 |
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