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Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC - Art prints and originals signed by Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC

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Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC

Joined the RAFVR in December 1940 and trained as a pilot-cadet with the US Navy at Pensacola, Florida. After further Coastal Command training in the UK, he joined 10 OTU (detachment) at St Eval, Cornwall. The tour was completed, as a Whitley co-pilot, on U-boat patrols over the Bay of Biscay, between December 1942 and March 1943. After training for command on the Catalina, he joined 210 Sqdn at Sullom Voe, Shetland from June 1943 to October 1944. In October 1943, with all landing areas closed with fog, his Catalina, out of fuel, ditched in the Atlantic, west of the Shetlands. It had remained airborne for 22 hours and then survived, on the water, for a further 18 hours before the crew were rescued. The pigeon which had carried the SOS message to base, later received the 'Dicken Medal' (Animal VC) for flying over 60 miles, in fog, in nine hours! In May 1944, U-boat 394 was attacked in northern waters, without success. On 18th July 1944, U-boat 742 was sunk 180 miles west of the Lofoten Islands, off Norway. The Catalina was badly holed but managed to return to base, 500 miles in six and a quarter hours, on the port engine. F/Lt John Cruickshank had sunk U-361 on the previous day, from the same Arctic U-boat Flotilla. F/Lt Vaughan instructed on Catalinas in Northern Ireland and was then posted to India, yo join Catalina 240 Sqdn in Madras, and then until VJ Day with Liberator Sqdn 357 in Ceylon. He left the RAF in 1946 having flown Halifax 7, at Linton and Cranwell. He joined BOAC and captained many types of aircraft for 29 years before retiring in 1975.


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 Completed a tour on Whitleys on U-Boat patrols before commanding Catalina flying boats with No.210 Sqn from 1943 to 1944. Sunk U-742 off Norway and flew his badly damaged Catalina safely back to base. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross an......
Clipped Signature - Ron Vaughan.
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Completed a tour on Whitleys on U-Boat patrols before commanding Catalina flying boats with No.210 Sqn from 1943 to 1944. Sunk U-742 off Norway and flew his badly damaged Catalina safely back to base. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross an......

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RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944.  The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the......
Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
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RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the......

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 RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944.  The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of th......
Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown (AP)
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RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944.  The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the......
Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown (GL)
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 RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944.  The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of th......
Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. (W)
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RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of th......

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RAF Coastal Command Catalina Aviation Art Print Pack.
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Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher.
Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland.
Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins.

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Catalina Aircraft Prints by Stephen Brown and David Pentland.
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Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland.

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Catalina Aviation Art Prints by John Wynne Hopkins and Stephn Brown.
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Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins (B)

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Alexander Cruickshank VC Catalina Aviation Prints by Stephen Brown and Tim Fisher.
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Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher.

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Catalina Flying Boat Art Prints by Stephen Brown and Timothy OBrien.
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Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.
On the Prowl by Timothy OBrien.

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Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC

Squadrons for : Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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No.210 Sqn RAF


Country : UK
Founded : 1st April 1918
Fate : Disbanded 15th November 1971

Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan - Hovering in the heavens

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No.210 Sqn RAF

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No.240 Sqn RAF


Country : UK
Founded : 20th August 1918
Fate : Disbanded 8th January 1963

Sjo-Vordur Lopt-Vordur - Guardian of the sea, guardian of the sky

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No.240 Sqn RAF

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Aircraft for : Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC
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Catalina




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Manufacturer : Consolidated
Production Began : 1936
Retired : 1957
Number Built : 3305

Catalina

Built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company and designed by Isaax M Ladden. the Catalina first flew on the 28th march 1935. and first flew with the US Navy in October 1936. In 1935 the cost of each Catalina was $90,000 and just over 4,000 were built. The Catalina was used in various maritime roles. but it was designed initially as a maritime patrol bomber. Its long range was intended to seek out enemy transport and supply ships. but was eventually used in many roles including Convoy escort,, anti submarine warfare and search and rescue. In its role as a search and rescue aircraft it probably is best remembered for many thousands of aircrews shot down in the Pacific and less extend in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Catalina was the most successful flying boat of the war and even served in a military role until the early 1980's some are still used today in aerial firefighting.

Whitley


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Manufacturer : Armstrong Whitworth
Production Began : 1937
Retired : 1942
Number Built : 1814

Whitley

The Whitley first entered service with No. 10 Squadron in March 1937, replacing Handley Page Heyford biplanes. By the outbreak of the Second World War, seven squadrons were operational, the majority flying Whitley IIIs or IVs, as the Whitley V had only just been introduced. ] With the Handley Page Hampden and the Vickers Wellington, Whitleys bore the brunt of the early fighting and saw action on the first night of the war, when they dropped propaganda leaflets over Germany.[8] Among the many aircrew who flew the Whitley in operations over Germany, was Leonard Cheshire who spent most of his first three years at war flying them. Unlike the Hampden and Wellington—which met specification B.9/32 for a day bomber—the Whitley was always intended for night operations and escaped the early heavy losses received in daylight raids on German shipping, early in the war. With Hampdens, the Whitley made the first bombing raid on German soil on the night of 19/20 March 1940, attacking the Hornum seaplane base on the Island of Sylt. Whitleys also carried out Operation Haddock the first RAF raid on Italy, on the night of 11/12 June 1940. As the oldest of the three bombers, the Whitley was obsolete by the start of the war, yet over 1,000 more were produced before a suitable replacement was found. A particular problem with the twin-engine aircraft, was that it could not maintain altitude on one engine. Whitleys flew 8,996 operations with RAF Bomber Command, dropped 9,845 tons (8,931 tonnes) of bombs and 269 aircraft were lost in action. From April 1942, the Whitley was retired as first-line bomber. It continued to serve as glider tug, paratroop trainer, transport, or radio countermeasures aircraft. It also played an important role in Coastal Command . No. 100 Group RAF used Whitleys to carry airborne radar and electronic counter-measures. In February 1942, Whitleys carried the paratroops who participated in the Bruneval raid (Operation Biting) in which German radar technology was captured from a German base on the coast of France. The British Overseas Airways Corporation operated 15 Whitley Mk Vs converted into freighters in 1942. Running night supply flights from Gibraltar to Malta, they took seven hours to reach the island, often landing during air attacks. They used large quantities of fuel for a small payload and were replaced in August 1942 by the Lockheed Hudson, with the 14 survivors being returned to the Royal Air Force. Long-range Coastal Command Mk VII variants, were among the last in front-line service, with the first kill attributed to them being the sinking of the German submarine U-751, on 17 July 1942, in combination with a Lancaster heavy bomber.

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