Glory Is The End ! - PHOTOS

 

Winter early 1940

43 Squadron are based in Acklington in the very cold winter. This Hurricane FE-E L1849 still has the early 2 bladed wooden prop.

The groundcrew tore down a door from a hut and used a tractor to drag the door down the runway every morning to clear the snow away, making 43 Sqdn one of the few available for action from first light in this terrible weather.

This aircraft was lost on 7th July 1940.
Hurricane L1849 1940

Flt Sgt James Hallowes - one of 43 Sqdn's top ace pilots.

He was awarded the DFM in June 1940 for shooting down an enemy plane as he was about to bail out of his own battle damaged Hurricane.

Seeing a German plane fly right in front of him as he was climbing out of his plane, he got back into his seat shot down the enemy then bailed out and took to his parachute!

James Hallowes

 

An historic photo - The very first German plane shot down over England in WW2 !

3rd Feb 1940 He111 1H+FM is shot down near Whitby by Peter Townsend, James Hallowes and Flt Off Folkes

 
First victory over England
 
43 Sqdn Art

Haker Hurrican Mk1 L1732 under repair.

Caesar Hull damaged this aircraft in August 1939.

The aircraft was finally written off in a training accident in May 1943.

Notice the very unsafe methods to jack up the plane as it's worked on!
Hurri under repair

C A Rotherham
He111 tail section

April 1940, 'A' Flight

Left to right - Sgt Buck, Plt Off Woods-Scawen, Flt Lt Hull, Plt Off Wilkinson and Sgt Garton.

Only Sgt Geoff Garton would survive 1940 - ending the war with 7 kills.
'A' flight April 1940
43 Sqdn scramble

13th May 1940

Hurricane L1728 FT-B after an accident at Wick.

Aircraft was lost on 7th Oct 1940 with 607 Sqdn, the pilot surviving.
Hurricane accident

8th April 1940

He111 1H+DP is shot down by Sgt Hallowes, the bomber crash landed in the middle of 43 Sqdn's base at Wick!
He111 1H+DP

13th August 1940

Bf 109E-1 flown by Paul Temme of 1/JG2 is shot down by 43 Sqdn.

Claimed as destroyed by Sgt Jack Mills.
Bf 109E crashed

1300 hrs Tangmere 7th September 1940

Squadron Leader CG Lott visits is old unit for the first time since being shot on 9th July 1940.

The two seated pilots on the right - Flt Lt RC Reynell and Caesar Hull were killed in action 3 hours after this photo was taken.
43 Squadron pilots
   

 

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