RAF No. 611 West Lancashire Squadron

RAF No. 611 West Lancashire Squadron Spitfire photographs

Spitfire MkI RAF 611Sqn FY N3072 at Digby Lincolnshire IWM C411

Spitfire MkI RAF 611Sqn FY N3072 at Digby Lincolnshire IWM C411

Airmen holding down the tail of a Supermarine Spitfire Mark I, N3072, of No. 611 Squadron RAF during a firing test at the gun butts at Digby, Lincolnshire.

Imperial War Museum IWM C 411 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205207481

Spitfire MkI RAF 611Sqn FYQ at Digby Lincolnshire IWM C413

Spitfire MkI RAF 611Sqn FYQ at Digby Lincolnshire IWM C413

Three Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No. 611 Squadron RAF fly in loose line astern over two other aircraft of the squadron at Digby, Lincolnshire.

Imperial War Museum IWM C 413 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205207482

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYB EN133 1942 43 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYB EN133 dispersal at Biggin Hill 1942 01

Spitfire MkIXc RAF 611Sqn FYB EN133 RAF Biggin Hill England early 1943 profile by Eduard 0A

Info Eduard: This Supermarine Spitfire EN133 first flew on November 16, 1942, and its only known operational affiliation was with No. 611 Squadron RAF. Among the pilots entrusted with the aircraft was Franz Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld, a member of Austrian nobility and a United States citizen who was credited with three confirmed and four probable aerial victories. EN133 was destroyed on March 14, 1943, during an attack on the airfield at Abbeville as part of Operation Ramrod 188, when Spitfires engaged Jagdgeschwader 26 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters. During the combat, James H. Slater, commanding officer of No. 453 Squadron RAAF, was killed while flying EN133.

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYB over South London 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYF FYR close up Biggin Hill 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYF FYR FYJ FYY FYB in formation Biggin Hill 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYF FYR FYJ FYY FYB in formation Biggin Hill 02

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYF over South London 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYK over South London 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYO Biggin Hill 18th Dec 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYV BS451 and FYS Biggin Hill England 18th Dec 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYV BS451 Biggin Hill England 18th Dec 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYV BS451 Biggin Hill England 18th Dec 1942 02

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYV BS451 foreground Biggin Hill 18th Dec 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYY and FYB over South London 1942 01

Spitfire MkIX RAF 611Sqn FYY over South London 1942 0

Spitfire MkVa RAF 611Sqn FYA R7293 Sgt Martin Kean McHugh crash site St Omer France July 3rd 1941

Spitfire MkVb RAF 611Sqn FYK George Barclay W3816 force landed nr Mardyek France 20th Sep 1941

Photo 01:Spitfire MkVb RAF 611Sqn FYK W3816 presentation aircraft 'Daily Telegraph and The Shopmate'. Circus 100A force landed near Mardyek France escorting Blenheims to Hazebrouck 20th Sep 1941. Flt Lt George Barclay evaded capture and returned to 611 Sqn via Spain. Two Luftwaffe pilots claimed Spitfires shot down in the Mardyke area that day: 4./JG26 Kurt Ebersberger and 6./JG26 Karl Borris

Spitfire MkVb RAF 611Sqn FYE W3257 FLt Eric S Lock RAF Hornchurch England Jul-Aug 1941 profile by Eduard 0A

Info Eduard: The most successful pilot of the Battle of Britain, Eric Stanley Lock, sortied for the first time with his Spitfire W3257 on July 14, 1941. He baptized his new aircraft by fire by shooting down a Bf 109F, which was also his very last kill. Barely three weeks later, on August 3, returning from a Rhubarb mission, he attacked a German column near Pas de Calais and has been missing ever since. It’s supposed he was shot down by AA fire and crashed into the sea. Neither his Spitfire MkVb W3257 nor Lock himself have ever been found. At the time of his disappearance his score stood at 26 kills achieved during 25 weeks of the operational deployment in course of one year out of which he spent six months in the hospitals. Spitfire MkVb W3257 was camouflaged in the standard Dark Green/Dark Earth/Sky. Code letters E-FY were painted in Sky which was standard code letters color of the Hornchurch Wing Spitfires. The serial was overpainted in the camouflage color.