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No.403 Squadron

  • 403 (Wolf) Squadron, RCAF

    403 (Wolf) Squadron, RCAF

  • 403 Squadron Church Service - 21st March 1943

    403 Squadron Church Service - 21st March 1943

    On 21st March, 1943, No.403 squadron, RCAF, attended a short church service in their dispersal hut at RAF Kenley.
  • Flying Officer James Ian "Skip" McKay

    Flying Officer James Ian "Skip" McKay

    On 13th July, 1943, a routine Fighter sweep for 403 squadron came to a disastrous conclusion for F/O James Ian ...
  • Flying Officer Livingston 'Cap' Foster

    Flying Officer Livingston 'Cap' Foster

    ‘On 27th August, 1943, Flying Officer Livingston ‘Cap’ Foster, of No.403 squadron RCAF, crash landed near Manston, without sustaining serious ...
  • French Commemorations of Squadron Leader James Fielden Lambert, in Marcoing

    French Commemorations of Squadron Leader James Fielden Lambert, in Marcoing

  • George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling at Kenley

    George Frederick "Buzz" Beurling at Kenley

    On 6th September, 1943, 403 squadron's Operations Record Book recorded the arrival of one of Canada's finest fighter pilots....
  • Hugh Godefroy's photo of No.401 Squadron, RCAF, at RAF Kenley

    Hugh Godefroy's photo of No.401 Squadron, RCAF, at RAF Kenley

    We are indebted to Scott P. M. Godefroy for this wonderful photo of No.401 Squadron RCAF at RAF Kenley on 21st January, 1943.
  • Kenley on D-Day

    Kenley on D-Day

    By June 1944, Kenley had been left behind as our Forces moved forward on the offensive. The last of Kenley’s ...
  • Love Overcomes Adversity for Robert Temple Pentland

    Love Overcomes Adversity for Robert Temple Pentland

    On 20th December 1943, fate dealt a terrible blow to Flying Officer Robert Temple Pentland, of 403 squadron, RCAF, but his life was by no means over...
  • Pilot Officer James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape

    Pilot Officer James Elmer Abbott's Miraculous Escape

    While relating the stories of fighter combat during WW2, we often talk of ‘miraculous escapes,’ but what happened to P/O ...
  • Reunited with the Help of the Resistance

    Reunited with the Help of the Resistance

    When Flight Lieutenant John Trull's engine failed over Lille on 20th February, 1944, he must have wondered if he would live to see another day, let alone marry his sweetheart...
  • Sergeant Houghton of 416 and 403 squadron RCAF

    Sergeant Houghton of 416 and 403 squadron RCAF

  • Spitfire IX, BS288 - Exhibit at Wings Museum, Balcombe

    Spitfire IX, BS288 - Exhibit at Wings Museum, Balcombe

    At 16.25hrs, on 15th December, 1943, Spitfire IX, BS288, caught fire over East Grinstead, forcing the pilot, Flight Sergeant E. L. Hampson (138274), to abandon the aircraft and take to his parachute. The Spitfire plummeted into the ground at Forest Row.
  • Squadron Leader "Norm" Fowlow DFC

    Squadron Leader "Norm" Fowlow DFC

    S/L Norman Fowlow spent most of 1943 with the Canadian Wing at Kenley, and took command of 403 squadron RCAF, ...
  • Squadron Leader Frank Edward "Bitsy" Grant

    Squadron Leader Frank Edward "Bitsy" Grant

    On 4th September 1943, Squadron Leader Frank Edward "Bitsy" Grant brought down his first FW190 after taking command of 403 squadron, but following that engagement, failed to rejoin his squadron. He was posted as "missing" and subsequently found to have been killed in action.
  • Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford, DFC and Bar

    Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford, DFC and Bar

    On the 4th June, 1943, Wing Commander Leslie Sydney Ford, DFC and Bar, met his end leading 402 squadron, when ...
  • Wing Commander Lloyd Vernon "Chad" Chadburn, DSO and Bar, DFC.

    Wing Commander Lloyd Vernon "Chad" Chadburn, DSO and Bar, DFC.

    On 1st May, 1943, 403 Squadron's diarist noted the arrival at Kenley of one of the RCAF's great personalities..soon to become one of their most inspiring Wing Leaders.
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