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John Thorburn

Flight Lieutenant John Thorburn Joining the RAF in 1942 he completed pilot training an was posted to No.613 Sqn in Wales flying Spitfires on fighter patrols and anti-aircraft operations. After transferring to No.80 Sqn equipped with Tempests he flew in support of the Normandy invasion and the subsequent Allied advance through occupied Europe. His unit also took up ant-V-1 flying bomb duties and after moving to the continent in late 1944, resumed fighter operations until the end of the war.



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	The Final Show by Robert Taylor. Price : £215.00	In May 1944 Wing Commander Roland 'Bee' Beamont led three squadrons of Hawker Tempests into operations for the first time. Flying from RAF Newchurch in Kent, one of the advanced landing grounds constructed in preparation for the invasion of ......
	The Final Show by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £285.00	In May 1944 Wing Commander Roland 'Bee' Beamont led three squadrons of Hawker Tempests into operations for the first time. Flying from RAF Newchurch in Kent, one of the advanced landing grounds constructed in preparation for the invasion of ......

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Flight Lieutenant John Thorburn

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