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Originally Posted by Bruce Lander
Hi
Rabagliati was actually Wing Leader at Coltishall from May 11th 1943 (not Fairwood Common) and normally led the Spitfires based there,however on 6/7/43 he was leading the Typhoons based at Matlaske - which also came under his command -and was flying EK273 of 195 Sq when he was shot down ( see Aces High )
Bruce Lander
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EK273 was coded "JE - DT" and was the normal mount of Sqn Ldr Don "Butch" Taylor, the OC of 195 Sqn from Ludham, Coltishall's second satellite field (195 not moving from Ludham to Matlask until the end of July 1943 (spelling of Matlask in Coltishall's ORB does not have an e at the end of it)). The aircraft from all three airfields were operated as one unit, hence aircraft from different squadrons jumped about from airfield to airfield within the sector on a daily basis. The aircraft had 'Donald Duck' nose art on the port side (acording to a number of Typhoon decal sheets and the new Corgi model of the aircraft). Does anybody have a good picture of this nose art, as I'm doing a profile of this aircraft for an upcoming book about Coltishall.