No.609 Sqn Losses/Victories

Losses July - September 1940
Date	A/c Type and Serial no.	Sqn Code	Pilot	Pilot Fate	Remarks
9 July '40	Spit R6637	PR-Q	Fg Off P Drummond-Hay	MIA	Shot down by Lt Egon Mayer, I/JG 2 off Portland, 1828-2152 hrs
9 July '40	Spit N3203	-	P/O GTM Mitchell	Unhurt	Force-landed after combat with Me 109s, 1828-2152 hrs.
11 July '40	Spit L1069	-	Flt Lt PH Barran	KIA	Shot down by Oblt Ludwig Franzisket, III/JG 27 off Portland, 0815 hrs.
11 July '40	Spit L1095	-	P/O GTM Mitchell	MIA	Shot down by Oblt Max Dobislav, 9/JG 27 off Portland, 0815 hrs.
15 July '40	SpitL1086	-	P/O J Curchin	Unhurt	Crash-landed at Warmwell.
18 July '40	Spit R6636	PR-F	Fg Off AR Edge	Unhurt	Shot down by Ju 88 off Swanage and crash-landed on Studland Beach at 1515 hrs; ac damaged.
18 July '40	Spit R6634	-	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Unhurt	Shot down by Ju 88 4 miles south of Poole, 1515 hrs; pilot baled out.
26 July '40	Spit K9815	-	Fg Off JC Newberry	Unhurt	Force-landed due to engine failure at Piddlehinton, Dorset; ac caught fire.
27 July '40	Spit N3023	-	P/O JR Buchanan	KIA	Shot down by Oblt Gert Framm, Staffel Kapitaen 2/JG 27 over Weymouth Bay, 1020 hrs.
8 Aug '40	Spit P9322	-	P/O MJ Appleby	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Me 110 of V(Z)/LG 1, off Isle of Wight.
11 Aug '40	Spit P9322	PR-D	P/O JC Dundas	Unhurt	Ac damaged in combat off Swanage, 1035 hrs.
12 Aug '40	Spit K9841	-	P/O N le C Agazarian	Unhurt	Ac damaged in combat off Swanage, 1238 hrs.
12 Aug '40	Spit K9997	-	P/O H McD Goodwin	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Me 110s off Isle of Wight.
12 Aug '40	Spit R6692	-	Fg Off JC Newberry	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Ju 88 over Channel, 1250 hrs.
13 Aug '40	Spit R6690	PR-A	P/O JC Dundas	Unhurt	Damaged in combat over Channel, 1625 hrs.
14 Aug '40	Spit N3024	PR-H	P/O H McD Goodwin	KIA	Shot down into sea off Bournemouth, 1730 hrs.
14 Aug '40	Spit R6961	-	P/O JC Dundas	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Ju 88, 5 miles SW Warmwell, 1740 hrs.
24 Aug '40	Spit L1082	-	P/O A Mamedorf	Unhurt	Severely damaged in combat with Me 110 over Ryde, 1650 hrs.
24 Aug '40	Spit X4104	-	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Me 110 over Ryde, 1650 hrs.
25 Aug '40	Spit R6986	-	P/O P Ostaszewski	Wounded	Badly damaged in combat with Me 110 over Swanage, 1730 hrs.
25 Aug '40	Spit R6961	-	P/O DM Crook	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Me 110 over Swanage, 1730 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Spit N3280	-	P/O AK Ogilvie	Unhurt	Damaged in combat south of London, 1735 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Spit N3113	-	Fg Off JD Bisdee	Unhurt	Damaged in combat south of London, 1735 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Spit R6915	-	P/O N le C Agazarian	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with He 111 south of London, 1735 hrs.
15 Sept '40	Spit K9997	-	P/O EQ Tobin	Unhurt	Crash landed at Middle Wallop, 1230 hrs.
15 Sept '40	Spit R6690	PR-A	P/O GN Gaunt	KIA	Shot down by Me110 and crashed at Castle Hill Farm, Addington Villiage, Kent, 1230 hrs.
15 Sept '40	Spit R6922	-	Fg Off JC Dundas	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Do 17 over Rye, 1510 hrs.
25 Sept '40	Spit L1008	-	Sgt JA Hughes-Rees	Unhurt	Crash landed near Glastonbury due to engine trouble, 1200 hrs.
25 Sept '40	Spit N3280	-	P/O AK Ogilvie	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with Me 109 south of Bristol, 1200 hrs.
26 Sept '40	Spit N3288	-	P/O AK Ogilvie	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with He 111 over Christchurch, 1635 hrs.
26 Sept '40	Spit R6979	-	Sqn Ldr HS Darley	Unhurt	Damaged in combat over Christchurch, 1640 hrs.
27 Sept '40	Spit X4107	-	P/O RFG Miller	KIA	Collided with Me 110 C-4, wk nr 3297 coded 3U+FT of 9/ZG 76 over Cheselbourne at 1145 hrs and crashed near Piddletrenthide, Dorset.
27 Sept '40	Spit X4234	-	P/O ME Staples	Unhurt	Damaged in combat over Poole, Dorset, 1215 hrs.
30 Sept '40	Spit R6915	-	P/O N le C Agazarian	Unhurt	Damaged in combat with He 111 north of Warmwell, 1730 hrs.

Aerial Victories July - September 1940
Date	Pilot	AC Type	Remarks
9 July '40	P/O DM Crook	Ju 87	Off Portland, 1500 hrs. Ju 87 B of Stab I/St G 77. Hptm Freiherr von Dalwigk zu Lichtenfels (Gruppen Kommandeur & gunner missing.
13 July '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	Portland Bill, 1500 hrs
13 July '40	P/O RFG Miller	Me 110	Portland Bill, 1500 hrs
19 July '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	Over Portland Bill.
8 Aug '40	P/O MJ Appleby	Me 110	Off Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
8 Aug '40	P/O J Curchin	Me 110	Off Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
8 Aug '40	Sqn Ldr HS Darley	Me 110	Off Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
8 Aug '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Ju 87	Off Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
		Ju 87
11 Aug '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	Me 110	15 miles south of Portland Bill, 1015 hrs.
11 Aug '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	Off Swanage, 1015 hrs.
11 Aug '40	P/O JD Bisdee	Me 110	Off Swanage, 1015 hrs.
11 Aug '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Me 110	15 miles SSE of Swanage, 1015 hrs.
12 Aug '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
12 Aug '40	P/O H McD Goodwin	Me 110	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
12 Aug '40	P/O CN Overton	Me 110	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
12 Aug '40	Fg Off DM Crook	Me 109	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
		Me 109
12 Aug '40	Sgt AN Feary	Me 109	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
12 Aug '40	P/O ME Staples	Me 110	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
12 Aug '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	Me 110	East of the Isle of Wight, 1230 hrs.
13 Aug '40	P/O CN Overton	Ju 87	Lyme bay, 1555 hrs.
		Ju 87
13 Aug '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Ju 87	Lyme bay, 1600 hrs.
13 Aug '40	Fg Off H McD Goodwin	Ju 87	5 miles west of Portland, 1600 hrs.
		Ju 87
13 Aug '40	P/O RFG Miller	Ju 87	5 miles west of Dorchester, 1600 hrs.
13 Aug '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Ju 87	5 miles off Warmwell, 1600 hrs.
13 Aug '40	Fg Off T Nowierski	Me 109	Off Weymouth, 1600 hrs. Me 109 E-1, black 9+- of 5/JG 53 crashed into Weymouth Bay, Fw Pfannschmidt POW.
13 Aug '40	Fg Off DM Crook	Me 109	Weymouth, 1600 hrs. Me 109 E-1, black 10 of 5/JG 53. Crashed into Poole Harbour, Uffz Hohenfeldt POW.
13 Aug '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Ju 87	Lyme Bay.
13 Aug '40	P/O ME Staples	Ju 87	Lyme Bay.
13 Aug '40	Sgt AN Feary	Ju 87	Lyme Bay, 1615.
14 Aug '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	He 111	Romsey, 1700 hrs. He 111 P, wk nr 2898, G1+AA of Stab/KG 55 crashed East Dean, Hants. Oberst Stoeckl (Geschwader Kommodore) plus 2 killed, 2 POW.
	Fg Off DM Crook
14 Aug '40	Sgt AN Feary	Ju 88	Near Middle Wallop
15 Aug '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Ju 88	-
15 Aug '40	Fg Off AR Edge	Me 110	Romsey, 1750 hrs. Possibly Me 110 C of Stab II/ZG 76. Crashed at Broadlands near Romsey, 1755 hrs. Uffz Rohrich & radio operator killed.
15 Aug '40	P/O P Ostazewski	Me 110	Isle of Wight. Me 110 C, M8+BP of 6/ZG 76. Crashed 1806 hrs at Ashley Down, Brading. Fw Birndorfer killed, radio operator wounded POW.
15 Aug '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Me 110	NW of Southampton.
		Me 110	15 miles SSW of above kill.
25 Aug '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	Me 110	NW of Poole Harbour, 1750 hrs. Me 110 C-4, 3M+KH of 1/ZG 2. Crashed at Priory Farm, East Holme, Dorset. Uffz Becker and radio operator POW.
	P/O G Gaunt
25 Aug '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Me 110	Warmwell/Poole area, 1720 hrs.
25 Aug '40	Sqn Ldr HS Darley	Me 110	2 miles off Warmwell, 1720 hrs.
		Me 109	4 miles off Warmwell, 1720 hrs
25 Aug '40	P/O EQ Tobin	Me 110	Portsmouth/Bournemouth area.
25 Aug '40	P/O J Curchin	Me 109	5 miles off Portland, 1730 hrs.
25 Aug '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Me 110	Portsmouth/Bournemouth area.
25 Aug '40	Sgt AN Feary	Me 110	Coombe Keynes, 1745 hrs. Me 110 C-4 of 1/ZG 2. Crashed Creech Barrow, Wareham, Oblt Goetz (Staffel Kapitaen) plus radio operator POW.
7 Sept '40	P/O J Curchin	Me 109	Thames estuary, 1740 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Fg Off T Nowierski	Do 17	Thames estuary, 1740 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Do 17	Thames estuary, 1740 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Fg Off JD Bisdee	Me 110	SW of London, 1800 hrs.
7 Sept '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Me 110	London, 1800 hrs.
7 Sept '40	P/O AK Ogilvie	Me 109	London, 1800 hrs.
15 Sept '40	P/O AK Ogilvie	Do 17	East of London, 1215 hrs. Do17 Z, wk nr 2361, F1+FH of 1/KG 76. Crashed into Victoria Station. Oblt Zehbe and 2 killed, 2 POW.
	P/O J Curchin
15 Sept '40	P/O MJ Appleby	Do 17	Belly landed near Dungeness, 1210 hrs. Do 17 Z, wk nr 2555 F1+FS of 8/KG 76. Crash landed at Castle Farm, Shoreham, Fw Heitsch plus 2 POW, one killed.
	P/O EQ Tobin
	Fg Off JC Dundas
15 Sept '40	P/O J Curchin	Do 17	North of Hastings, 1530 hrs.
	P/O N Le C Agazarian
15 Sept '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Do 17	1530 hrs.
15 Sept '40	Flt Lt FJ Howell	Do 17	1530 hrs.
24 Sept '40	P/O J Curchin	Me 110	Off Isle of Wight, 1620 hrs.
24 Sept '40	Sgt AN Feary	Do 17	Brightstone Bay, 1620 hrs.
24 Sept '40	P/O ME Staples	Do 17	Off Isle of Wight, 1620 hrs.
24 Sept '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 109	Off Isle of Wight, 1620 hrs.
25 Sept '40	Sgt JA Hughes-Rees	Me 110	Off Portishead, 1130 hrs.
25 Sept '40	P/O J Curchin	He 111	Force landed near Swanage, 1130 hrs. He 111 H, wk nr 6305, G1+BH of 1/KG 55. Crash landed at Studland, Hptm Koethke and crew POW.
25 Sept '40	Flt Lt JHG McArthur	Me 110	Bournemouth
25 Sept '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	Bournemouth
25 Sept '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	He 111	Into a house east of Poole Harbour. He 111 P, wk nr 2803 G1+LR of 7/KG 55. Crashed at Branksome Park, Poole, 1208 hrs. Oblt Scholz and crew killed.
	P/O J Curchin
25 Sept '40	Fg Off T Nowierski	He 111	West of Bournemouth
	P/O RFG Miller
26 Sept '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	Me 109	Southampton, 1630 hrs.
26 Sept '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 109	Southampton, 1630 hrs.
26 Sept '40	P/O J Curchin	He 111	30 miles south of Southampton, 1630 hrs. Possibly He 111 H, wk nr 5314, G1+BL of 3/KG 55. Oblt Graf Schweinitz plus 4 missing.
27 Sept '40	Fg Off DM Crook	Me 110	60 miles south of Weymouth, 1145 hrs.
	Fg Off JD Bisdee
27 Sept '40	Fg Off JC Dundas	Me 110	Portland.
27 Sept '40	P/O N Le C Agazarian	Me 109	25 miles south of Portland, 1200 hrs.
27 Sept '40	P/O RFG Miller	Me 110	Collided with Me 110 C-4, wk nr 3297, 3U+FT of 9/ZG 26 which crashed at Dole Ash Farm, Piddletrenthide. Miller, Gefr Jackstedt POW, radio operator killed, Portland.
27 Sept '40	P/O AK Ogilvie	Me 110	Portland.
30 Sept '40	Fg Off DM Crook	Me 109	Off Swanage, 1130 hrs.
		Me 109
30 Sept '40	P/O MJ Appleby	Me 109	Weymouth, 1130 hrs.
30 Sept '40	Fg Off T Nowierski	Me 109	Sydling St Nicholas, 1715 hrs. Me 109 E-4, wk nr 4861 of 5/JG 2, crashed at Sydling St Nicholas, Gefr Dollinger killed.