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Old 7th July 2012, 20:25
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Re: Lovell Gregg who?

I am assuming this is the man you're looking for:

29244 S/L T. G. L. Lovell-Gregg. New Zealand native. Lost 15 August 1940. No online source states who shot him down.

http://www.bbm.org.uk/Lovell-Gregg.htm

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On 15th August 1940 the squadron was scrambled at 1730 hrs to intercept forty Ju87’s, escorted by twenty Me110’s and sixty Me109’s. Lovell-Gregg led the squadron out of the sun in line-astern, straight at the 110’s. His Hurricane was hit and caught fire. He came down from 15000 feet, apparently under control and heading for Warmwell. Eye-witnesses said that the pilot appeared to change his mind and he circled the Abbotsbury area, skimmed low across a wood and a ploughed field and crashed in a copse, striking a large oak tree. Lovell-Gregg was thrown clear but was already dead when reached.
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