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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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92 Squadron Crest
27.09.1940 92 Squadron Spitfire I R6622 Sgt. Oldfield

Operation: Patrol

Date: 27th September 1940 (Friday)

Unit: 92 Squadron, 11 Group

Type: Spitfire I

Serial: R6622

Code: QJ-M

Base: RAF Biggin Hill

Location: Hesketh Park, Dartford

Pilot: Sgt. Trevor Guest Oldfield 819030 RAF (Aux) Age 21. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

During a patrol shot down by Bf109’s over Dartford at 15:20 hrs. The aircraft crashed at Hesketh Park, killing the pilot, Sgt. Trevor Oldfield.

Also lost on the same day from the Squadron:

Spitfire X4422 flown by 20 year old, Fl/Lt. James Alfred Paterson MBE 36193 RAF of Southland, New Zealand. over Sevenoaks, Kent and crashed at 09:20 hrs Sparepenny Lane, Farningham. He was awarded the MBE for outstanding services in France.

Spitfire I R6767 flown by 25 year old, Fl/Sgt. Charles Sydney 564940 RAF of Orpington Kent. Crashed at Esher at 09:40 hrs.

Burial details:

Sgt. Trevor Guest Oldfield. Chertsey Church Burial Ground (St. Stephen's), Plot F. Grave 314. Next of kin details not known apart from his mothers name was Guest - are you able to assist? Grave inscription reads: “Not Just Today, But Every Day In Silence We Remember”


Researched and dedicated to the relatives of this pilot with thanks to Andrea Ruddick for grave photograph - May 2017, also thanks to John Jones for extra details. Thanks to Stephen Banks for the Sqn/aircraft code. Other sources as quoted below:

RS 06.01.2020 - Addition of Sqn/aircraft code

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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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