Spitfire Mk.Vb "Stinky" 4th Fighter group, Oct '42
flown by Duane Willard "Bee" Beeson

比例:: 1:48
状态:: 已完成
已开始的:: December 8, 2013
已完成:: December 30, 2013

"Stinky" was flown by flown by Duane Willard "Bee" Beeson.

Joined the RCAF 23 June 1941 in Vancouver, B.C.
Conversion to Hurricanes in Bournemouth, UK
and to Spitfires at 55 OTU, Usworth

Transferred to Eagle Sq. arrived 5 Sept. 1942, Debden, Essex

He flew no combat missions with the RAF.

Became the 4th FG's first ACE on Oct. 8th 1943

Shot down by flak and taken prisoner April 5, 1944
Liberated by Russians 19 April 1945
Died of a brain tumor on 13 February 1947

infos on www.acesofww2.com