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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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No. 74 Squadron
06.07.1941 No. 74 Squadron Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb W3317 Sgt. William Guy Lockhart

Operation: Circus 35

Date: 6th July 1941 (Sunday)

Unit: No. 74 Squadron (motto: 'I Fear No Man')

Type: Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb

Serial: W3317

Code: ZP-?

Base: RAF Biggin Hill, Kent

Location: Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, France

Pilot: Sgt. William Guy Lockhart 748117 RAFVR Age 24. Evader

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1941 Spitfire (courtesy Australian War Museum) Spitfire Mk Vb (courtesy Imperial War Museum)

REASON FOR LOSS:

Sgt. William Guy Lockhart was based at RAF Gravesend but took off from RAF Biggin Hill at 13.39hrs to escort six Stirling aircraft on an operation to Lille. The aircraft was shot down at 14.30hrs in the Pas-de-Calais area near Renty. Enemy gunfire had shot away part of one of the wings. Sgt. Lockhart parachuted down but was knocked unconscious on landing. He was slightly injured and spent some time in Renty recovering from his injuries. Making his way to Lille, Chalon, Marseilles, Perpignan and then arrested in Spain and confined in prison camps.

Sgt. William Guy Lockhart was released from prison in Spain for repatriation and arrived back at RAF Mount Batten on the 21st October 1941. William Guy Lockhart was granted a short service commission as Acting Pilot Officer 26th November 1941. Wing Commander William Guy Lockhart DSO, DFC and Bar was killed on the 27/28th April 1944. For further information (see Lancaster JB676)

Researched by: Kate Tame Aircrew Remembered and for all the relatives and friends of the crew. With special thanks to National Archives WO/208/3307, Oliver Clutton-Brock - RAF Evaders, Norman L R Franks - Fighter Command Losses


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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 Captain 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', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, 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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