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(Picture shows) The four pilots of a section of a Hellcat fighter squadron serving with
(Picture shows) The four pilots of a section of a Hellcat fighter squadron serving with the East Indies Fleet. This picture was taken just after they landed on, after attacking and shooting down a Japanese fighter, an Oscar. They attacked at 6, 000 feet and the section leader went in first.
His burst killed the Jap pilot and the Oscar went into a long dive looped the loop, then crashed into the sea.
Left-right: Sub Lieutenant (A) J.C. Allen, R.N.V.R, of Cambridge; Sub Lieutenant (A) J.E. Riekatson, R.N.V.R, of Prestwich Manchester; and the section leader Lieutenant (A) John Myeracough, R.N.V.Rof Cottam, near Preston Lancashire.
27th May 1945
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