The G-series delivered 1200 hp at 2500 rpm and made up the bulk of R-1820 Wright Cyclone production during World War 2
B-17 ‘The Body’
- Brindt in the nose
15th September – ‘Battle of Britain Day’
As the German’s morning raid coasted in over England there were 16 fighter squadrons from 11 Group, plus 5 from 12 Group – Bader’s ‘Big Wing’ – in the air to meet it
The London Blitz – ‘Black Saturday’
The London Blitz – ‘Black Saturday’
A fateful change in strategy by the German High Command meant that the pressure was taken off the RAF airfields but this was proceeded by a vast attack on London by Luftflotte 3. Over 250 German aircraft dropped 625 tons of high explosive bombs and thousands of incendiaries on the London Docklands
5th Sept – No 72 Squadron Combat Losses
5th Sept – No 72 Squadron Combat Losses
Malcolm Gray was buried in a family grave at Fulford, near York, with the inscription on the headstone: “To the Glorious Memory of our dearly loved son, Sergeant Pilot Malcolm Gray 72 (Fighter) Squadron (Spitfire) RAF, killed in action in Defence of Britain, September 5 1940 aged 20 years. Faithful unto Death.”
18th Aug – The Hardest Day
18th Aug – The Hardest Day
At the end of this day, the Luftwaffe lost a total of 69 aircraft while the RAF Fighter Command 29. The British later named the day the “Hardest Day” to reflect the high casualties suffered by either side.
15th Aug – Black Thursday
72 Squadron intercept a formation of sixty-five Heinkel He.111 of KG26 escorted by twenty-one Messerschmitt Bf.110’s of 1/ZG76 over the North Sea
Air Combat Exposures 