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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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Fighter Command Crest
25.11.1943 No. 130 Squadron Spitfire Vb AD329 Fl/Sgt. Ian E. Mathieson

Operation: Training

Date: 25th November 1943

Unit: No. 130 Squadron (13 Group)

Type: Spitfire Vb

Serial: AD329

Code: Not known

Base: RAF Heathfield (Ayr) Scotland

Location: At base RAF Heathfield

Pilot: Fl/Sgt. Ian Edgecombe Mathieson NZ/413447 RNZAF Age 23. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Taking off at 14:45 hrs on an air firing training sortie. On landing back at the base at 15:20 hrs and whilst taxying on the runway it was hit from behind by a Typhoon Ib from 186 Squadron. The Spitfire overturned and caught fire - killing the pilot.

The pilot of the Typhoon JR200, Fl/Sgt. F.L. East was unhurt in the accident - understood to have been on only his second sortie in this type of aircraft. The pilot of the Typhoon was approaching to land prematurely and received a warning signal from the control’s red Aldis lamp. A back-up flare was also fired but failed to explode.

The brother of the pilot Russell Maurice Mathieson NZ/41394 RNZAF also served with him, both in 66 and 130 Squadron. His brother was to survive the war as a Squadron Leader with 222 Squadron - passed away at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand in January 1993.

Burial details:

Fl/Sgt. Ian Edgecombe Mathieson. St. Illogan Burial Ground. Row 2. Grave 23. Son of Augustus Nicholas and lvy Jane Mathieson, of Wanstead, Hawkes Bay. New Zealand. A veteran of 66 operations whist with 66 Squadron, 506 hrs logged.

Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to tremendous information from Errol Martyn - author of ‘For Your Tomorrow’. Other sources as quoted below:

KTY 03.07.2016

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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.
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