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Re: Lt.-Cmdr Allen Burgham, No. 835 Squadron
Franklin was asking about the war record of Lt Cmdr Allen Burgham. What is it you want to know exactly? He was Senior Pilot of 835 Squadron,, flight commander of the fighter component of a composite squadron.He shot down a Junkers 290 in early 1944 near the Bay of Biscay during a return to England with a Gibralter convoy, losing his Number Two in the fight. Later he shot down a Junkers 88 on a Murmansk convoy and set another Junkers 88 on fire, but did not see it crash. Records indicate that it did not get back to Norway
He became the first man in history to land a day fighter at night on the deck of an aircraft carrier after volunteering to repel a night attack on the convoy. That action also reulted in the loss of his Number Two pilot.
The Murmansk actions were flown in Wildcat IVs. The Gibralter actions were flown in Hurricane IICs. More?
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