237 Sqdn a/c confirmation please.
 

Hello,
Please can anyone confirm the serial numbers and pilots of the following -

24th April 1945
Sgt (Pilot) J. K. Allan
Spitfire LF IX MK251

25th April 1945
F/O. N. B. Mansell
Spitfire LF IX PT624

Both pilots were killed.

Many thanks for any help.
Alex

Re: 237 Sqdn a/c confirmation please.
 

Hi alex, i have these notes about Mansell:
Mansell, Neville Brighton. Son of George Frederick Laurence Mansell and Doris Violet Mansell, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Born 05.03.1922
29.07.1944: commissioned, RAFVR (General Duties Branch) [emergency commission]
25.04.1945: pilot, 237 (Rhodesia) Squadron RAF (shot down by flak)

Do you know where he was shot down?

Re: 237 Sqdn a/c confirmation please.
 

Hello Micky,

According to the AB serials book PA100- RZ999.
MK251 - Presumed shot down by flak near Milan.
PT624 - Hit house attacking MT and overturned.
So I assume they were lost in the same combat area.

Alex

Re: 237 Sqdn a/c confirmation please.
 

J K Allan was shot down in Trecella (Milan) where is buried now, Mansell was shot down in Lodi city

Re: 237 Sqdn a/c confirmation please.
 

Hello Max & Micky,
Question answered
Thank you for the replies.
Alex