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Re: 603 Sqn. Claim on 29 Nov. 1940
The information comes from the history of 603 Sqn. The Greatest Squadron of Them All as I noted in the original post. I quote:
"...while the pilots were climbing to intercept, his (Rafter's) Spitfire inexplicably dived out of formation and plunged into a meadow at Cherry Tree Farm, near Kingswood, Kent...The cause was recorded as 'unknown' but as the Squadron had not made contact with the enemy his having been hit by return fire was ruled out. Oxygen starvation (hypoxia) with the onset of unconsciousness (due to anoxia) is a probable cause."
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