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Re: 23 June 1944 - III./JG 54 versus 229 Sqn, RAF
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"412727 F/L Ronald Harold Small was flying a Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IX s/n MA817 and coded 9R-P of No.229 (F) Squadron, based at R.A.F. Station Tangmere, Sussex. On the 23rd of June 1944, he was shot down by Luftwaffe Fw-190's while conducting an afternoon beachhead patrol north of the city of Caen, France. The squadron had taken part in the D-Day landings flying shipping escort to the invasion fleet. It also escorted the aircraft towing gliders as part of the airborne assault. The Commanding Officer of No.229 (F) Squadron was a South African, Major N.F. Harrison.
F/L Small was the son of Harold Campbell and Ettie Small from Epping, New South Wales. He was only 22 years old when he was killed in action. F/L Small is buried in the St. Samson Churchyard, at Calvados, France."
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