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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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1 | Eriksen | Marius | 2nd Lieutenant | Norwegian | Pilot | DFM | Fighter | 332Sqn Norwegian | 1943-05-02 | Spitfire | IX | BS255 | Ramrod | PoW | Sergeant M Eriksen of the Royal Norwegian Air Force serving with the RAF, 1942. This portrait of Norwegian pilot Marius Eriksen perhaps typifies both Kennington's approach and the Air Ministry's preferred imagery of its personnel. Like Wilhelm Mohr, Marius Eriksen left Norway for Britain and underwent training at 'Little Norway' in Canada before operational service. He began to fly Spitfires with 332 (Norwegian) Squadron in 1942 under the command of Wilhelm Mohr, becoming a fighter 'ace' before he had turned 20. Kennington depicts him as if ready to fly at any moment, wearing a life jacket and a polka-dotted cravat. Kennington emphasises Eriksen's artfully arranged blonde hair, Hollywood-like looks and film star pose, creating the epitome of the wartime fighter pilot. Eriksen was a talented youth skier in peacetime, became a bold fighter pilot and after the war appeared in films, so his personality tallied with the imagery. | ||||||||||||||
2 | Mohr | Wilhelm | Major | Norwegian | Pilot | RNoAF | Fighter Command | 332Sqn Norwegian | 1942-07-31 | Spitfire | Vb | EP177 | Circus 201 | Injured | Portrait by Eric Kennington | Captain W Mohr: a Squadron Commander of the Royal Norwegian Air Force serving with the RAF, 1942. In May 1940 Wilhelm Mohr left his native Norway for Britain, hoping to continue his wartime service as a pilot despite the fall of his country to Nazi occupation. From Britain he was sent to Canada, spending a year as a flight instructor at 'Little Norway', a training camp for Norwegian pilots. From mid-1941 Mohr served as a pilot with the RAF and from April 1942 took command of 332 (Norwegian) Squadron, the second Norwegian squadron in the RAF. | |||||||||||||
3 | Mohr | Wilhelm | Major | Norwegian | Pilot | Fighter | 332Sqn Norwegian | 1942-08-19 | Spitfire | Vb | EN901 | Recce | Damaged | Injured |
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