Archive Report: Allied Forces
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Battle of Britain Pilot signatures
Signature 1: Air Vice Marshall S D Macdonald Officer Commanding 245 Wing 1940
Signature 2: Jack Sylvester Adams 29 Squadron (Brian - see link below)
Signature 3: 'Jas' James Eric Storrar - 143 and 73 Squadron, 421 flight. Retired 1947. (Peter Clare and Brian - see below)
Signature 4: Identified as W/Cdr. Peter James Simpson 111 and 24 Squadron. Retired in 1968. Passed away in 1987. (information via Peter Clare 12 O'clock high forum)
Please refer to our Battle of Britain Database where we have assembled more than a hundred signatures. In the database try a search for 'signature' and also 'envelope'
SY 2018. Add link to Database 2020-10-10
Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include:
Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and MWO François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.