Hornchurch 1942 Revisited

About the list given by Mehdi Schneyders

No. 122 « City of Bombay » Squadron

Hornchurch, May 1942

First row ( standing ), left to right :

• P/O Léopold « Coco » Collignon ( Belgian ).
• P/O J.E. Wilkin ( Belgian ).
• F/O Browlie, Medical Officer.
• Sgt Barrett.
• P/O Giddings.
• F/Lt Patrick Peter Colum « Paddy » Barthropp ( Irish ).
• P/O William Thomas Edward « Bill » Rolls ( British ).
• F/O Howard Lucy.
• S/Ldr Léon Prévot, Commanding Officer ( Belgian ).
• Sir S. Reed.
• F/Lt Griffith.
• F/O Fage or Page.
• F/Lt Herbert James Lempriere « Darkie » Hallowes ( British ).
• Sgt Morrison.
• Sgt Mortimer.
• Sgt McDonald.

 

Second row ( on the Spitfire ), left to right :

• P/O Fowler.
• Sgt Park.
• P/O ?
• P/O Priest.
• Sgt Dunsmore.
• P/O José Muller ( Belgian ).
• P/O John Lawrence Crisp ( British ).
• P/O Raymond « Van » Van de Poel ( Belgian ).
• P/O Bland.
• Sgt Hubbard.
• P/O Durkin.

John Engelsted commented and he added this…

Some more full names:
John Patrick Barrett
Kenneth Charles Michael Giddings
Lyndon Poynton Griffith
Donald Robert Morrison
James Edward Mortimer
J.E. Fowler
Nigel Manfred Park
William Arnold Prest (not Priest)
W.E. Dunsmore
Brian John Bland
D.F. Hubbard
Jack Garfield Durkin

The list is now this one…

The list is courtesy of Mehdi Schneyders with John Engelsted’s contribution

No. 122 « City of Bombay » Squadron

Hornchurch, May 1942

First row ( standing ), left to right :

• P/O Léopold « Coco » Collignon ( Belgian ).
• P/O J.E. Wilkin ( Belgian ).
• F/O Browlie, Medical Officer.
• Sgt John Patrick Barrett
• P/O Kenneth Charles Michael Giddings
• F/Lt Patrick Peter Colum « Paddy » Barthropp ( Irish ).
• P/O William Thomas Edward « Bill » Rolls ( British ).
• F/O Howard Lucy.
• S/Ldr Léon Prévot, Commanding Officer ( Belgian ).
• Sir S. Reed.
• F/Lt Lyndon Poynton Griffith
• F/O Fage or Page.
• F/Lt Herbert James Lempriere « Darkie » Hallowes ( British ).
• Sgt Donald Robert Morrison
• Sgt James Edward Mortimer
• Sgt McDonald.

 

Second row ( on the Spitfire ), left to right :

• P/O J.E. Fowler
• Sgt Nigel Manfred Park
• P/O ?
• P/O William Arnold Prest
• Sgt W.E. Dunsmore
• P/O José Muller ( Belgian ).
• P/O John Lawrence Crisp ( British ).
• P/O Raymond « Van » Van de Poel ( Belgian ).
• P/O Brian John Bland
• Sgt D.F. Hubbard
• P/O Jack Garfield Durkin

Spitfire Mk Vb

J’ai eu deux commentaires hier sur mon blogue dédié au 403 Squadron.

J’avais reblogué mon billet écrit sur ce blogue.

J’ai eu celui-ci de Pat Murphy à propos de la photo ci-dessus envoyée par un des fils de Georges Nadon.

Having referred to my copy of ‘FIGHTER SQUADRONS OF THE RAF” I find that 122 Squadron operated Mk Vb Spitfires from November, 1941 through to October 1942. During that period the Squadron was based at 7 different locations in the following order. Scorton, Hornchurch, Fairlop, Martlesham, Hornchurch again the back to Martlesham and then back to Hornchurch. I would assume the photo was taken at one of those UK bases, but you never know. The Squadron started receiving Mk IX Spitfires in September 1942..

The Squadron history goes on to say in April 1943 up until August 1943 they were re-issued with LF Mk Vb Spitfires.then Mustang III’s.

Hope this helps solve the mystery.

J’ai aussi eu ce commentaire de Dean Black. J’avais reconnu Van Sainsbury, un autre pilote de Spitfire.

In the group photo, back row, far left is Mac Reeves. Third from left, back row, is Steve Butte with his eyes closes. Back row, far right, is a man named Ken Harvey. Ken’s nickname was “Red”. Ken arrived on 403 Squadron on 04 June 1944 and the first thing he said: “I’m really going to like this Squadron-they put my initials on all the airplanes!”

Mac Reeves n’a pas survécu.

La plupart des gens n’ont pas la moindre idée de qui était Mac Reeves.

Ne pas avoir la moindre idée de qui sont ces pilotes sur cette photo est justement la raison qui m’a poussé à écrire sur l’escadrille 403 Squadron, et pourquoi je suis en train d’écrire dans les deux langues un blogue sur un pilote de Spitfire.

Maintenant en tapant Mac Reeves Spitfire sur Google, on sait maintenant l’histoire de ce pilote. En tapant Georges Nadon Spitfire, on découvrira l’histoire d’un pilote canadien-français de Spitfire resté dans l’ombre…

Spitfire Mk Vb

These comments came in on my blog RCAF 403 Squadron yesterday. I had reblogged the last post Spitfire Redux just to get some feedback from my readers.

Collection George Nadon via the Nadon family

I got this one from Pat Murphy.

Having referred to my copy of ‘FIGHTER SQUADRONS OF THE RAF” I find that 122 Squadron operated Mk Vb Spitfires from November, 1941 through to October 1942. During that period the Squadron was based at 7 different locations in the following order. Scorton, Hornchurch, Fairlop, Martlesham, Hornchurch again the back to Martlesham and then back to Hornchurch. I would assume the photo was taken at one of those UK bases, but you never know. The Squadron started receiving Mk IX Spitfires in September 1942..

The Squadron history goes on to say in April 1943 up until August 1943 they were re-issued with LF Mk Vb Spitfires.then Mustang III’s.

Hope this helps solve the mystery.

I also got this comment from Dean Black about this picture sent by one of Georges Nadon’s son. I had recognised another pilot Van Sainsbury.

Collection George Nadon via the Nadon family

In the group photo, back row, far left is Mac Reeves. Third from left, back row, is Steve Butte with his eyes closes. Back row, far right, is a man named Ken Harvey. Ken’s nickname was “Red”. Ken arrived on 403 Squadron on 04 June 1944 and the first thing he said: “I’m really going to like this Squadron-they put my initials on all the airplanes!”

Mac Reeves did not survive the war.

Most people don’t have the faintess idea who Mac Reeves is or was.

Having no faintess idea of who were these pilots on this picture is the reason why I wrote RCAF No. 403 Squadron in the first place, and the reason I am now writing this new blog about a Spitfire pilot.

Type Mac Reeves Spitfire on Google to see what I mean. Then type Georges Nadon Spitfire…