92 SQUADRON - Fighter, Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
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On 10 October 1939, No 92 reformed at Tangmere and received Blenheims. In March 1940, these were replaced by Spitfires which became operational on 9 May and flew patrols over France during May and June before being sent to South Wales for defensive duties.
From 10 May, Spitfire squadrons were authorised to carry out offensive patrols across the Channel. Spitfires first met Bf-109s and Bf-110s on 23 May: two of each type of Messerschmitt were lost, as were three Spitfires of 92 Squadron.
In September it was transferred to No 11 Group for the final phase of the Battle of Britain.
Stations
Pembrey 18 June 1940
Biggin Hill 8 September 1940
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Operations and losses 10/05/1940 - 30/06/1940
Not all operations listed; those with fatal losses are.
23/05/1940: Intercept, F. 3 Planes lost, 1 KIA, 1 MIA, 1 POW
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Losses 01/01/1940 - 09/05/1940 (incomplete)
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Reginald J. Whitmarsh, RAF 41889, 92 Sqdn., age 25, 24/02/1940, Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, UK
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23/05/1940: Intercept, F
From 10 May, Spitfire squadrons were authorised to carry out offensive patrols across the Channel. Spitfires first met Bf-109s and Bf-110s on 23 May: two of each type of Messerschmitt were lost, as were three Spitfires of 92 Squadron.
Type: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
Serial number: ?, QJ-?
Operation: Intercept, F
Lost: 23/05/1940
Sergeant (Pilot) Paul H. Klipsch, RAF 566457, 92 Sqdn., age 24, 23/05/1940, Wierre-Effroy Churchyard, F
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Type: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
Serial number: ?, QJ-?
Operation: Intercept, F
Lost: 23/05/1940
Pilot Officer Patrick A.G. Learmond, RAF 33490, 92 Sqdn., age unknown, 23/05/1940, missing
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Type: Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I
Serial number: N3194, QJ-?
Operation: Intercept, F
Lost: 23/05/1940
Squadron Leader (Pilot)Roger J Bushell, British, born 30-Aug-10, 92 Sqdn (shot down 23-May-40, Spitfire I, ) recaptured at Saarbrucken, murdered 29-Mar-44 by Schulz, cremated at Saarbrucken.
See 'The Great Escape'.
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Sources
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fighter Command Air Combat Claims 1939-1945
Ground crew life with 92 Squadron
No 92 Squadron and the Battle of Britain - BBC WW2 People's War
RAF Battle of Britain - 92 Squadron
RAF - Campaign Diary - The Battle of France (May-June 1940)
RAF Museum: British Military Aviation in 1940
RAF Order of Battle, France, 10th May 1940
Royal Air Force History Section
The Royal Air Force, 1939-1945
The Second World War - a day by day account
The Spitfire - An Operational History
War over Holland
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Books
Forrester 'Fly for your life: the story of Bob Stanford Tuck' (Cerebus 2002)
King 'A willingness to die: memories from Fighter Command' (2007)
Anthony Robinson 'RAF fighter squadrons in the Battle of Britain'
M Robinson 'Best of the Few: 92 Squadron 1939-40' (Robinson 2001)
G.Wellum 'First Light' (Penguin Viking 2002)
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Links
Air Aces
Airwar over Denmark
Allied World War II Casualties in the Netherlands
Armée de l'Air - Order of Battle,
10th May 1940
Australian Wargraves
Axis History Factbook
Battle-of-Britain.com
De Belgen in Engeland 1940-1945 (in Dutch)
Belgian Aviation History Association Archaeological Team
British Aircraft Directory
British Aviation Archaeological Council - Books and research links
HMS Cavalier
CWGC Cemeteries Germany
CWGC Cemeteries Netherlands
Czechoslovak airmen in
the RAF 1940-1945
Danish WW2 Pilots
Håkans aviation page (from Sweden, in English)
'High flight', poem by John Gillespie Magee
An Irish Airman Foresees His Death, poem by W.B. Yeats
Jagdgeschwader 27 (in German)
Luchtoorlog ('Arial War', in Dutch, with many photos)
The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
The National Ex-Prisoners of War Association
Naval History.net
Nordic Aviation during WW2
Pilotfriend.com: aircraft of WW2
Polish Air Force 1940-1947 Operations Record Books
RAF Battle of Britain
De Slag om de Grebbeberg (Dutch)
Warbird Alley
World War II Aircraft wrecksites in Norway
www.bomber-command.de
Bills-Bunker.de
North East Diary 1939-1945
Wartime Leicester and
Leicestershire
The Aerodrome -
Aces and Aircraft of World War 1
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This page is dedicated to the men of 92 Squadron.
© Bart FM Droog / Rottend Staal Online 2008. Permission granted for use of the data gathered here for non commercial purposes, if this source is mentioned with a link to http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/index.html
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