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James Kyle | Flight Lieutenant James Kyle DFM James Kyle joined the RAF in 1941 and trained as a pilot in Dallas, Texas, before returning home to become a member of 197 Typhoon Fighter Squadron at Drem upon its formation. In March 1943 the Squadron moved to Tangmere, and he became one of a precious few survivors of a full tour of operations, being awarded the DFM in 1944. He was demobilised in 1947 as a flight commander with 80 Tempest Fighter Squadron in Germany. He spent some years away from the service but the urge to fly never left and he rejoined the RAF in 1951 and became a Qualified Flying Instructor. He retired in 1974 after 30 years service. |
Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant James Kyle DFM |
  | F/Lt J R Baldwin by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £540.00 | F/Lt (later Wing Commander) Baldwin was to become the highest-scoring Typhoon pilot of all with 15 confirmed victories, one shared, one probable and four damaged. He is depicted here downing a Bf.109 in Typhoon 1B, DN360 (PR-A) of 609 Sqn over Beach...... | |
  | Airborne in JB1 by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £500.00 | Squadron Leader J R Baldwin gets airborne from a makeshift airfield in northern France flying one of his personalised Hawker Typhoons, JB-1. ...... | |
  | Red Section Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (C) SOLD OUT | 609 Sqn Hawker Typhoons are shown taking off from Manson in Kent in February 1943. Nearest aircraft, R7872 (PR-S) is that of Sgt John Johnny Wiseman, the other, DN294 (PR-O) being the mount of Fl Sgt Alan Babe Haddon. Both aircraft we...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Red Section Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (D) Price : £280.00 | 609 Sqn Hawker Typhoons are shown taking off from Manson in Kent in February 1943. Nearest aircraft, R7872 (PR-S) is that of Sgt John Johnny Wiseman, the other, DN294 (PR-O) being the mount of Fl Sgt Alan Babe Haddon. Both aircraft we...... | |
  | Sledgehammer by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £580.00 | Regarded by some in the Air Ministry as a failed fighter, the mighty Hawker Typhoon was unrivalled as a ground attack aircraft, especially in the crucial months immediately prior to - and after - D-Day when squadrons of Typhoons operated in 'ca...... |
  | Tempest Moon by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £280.00 | Three 501 Sqn Hawker Tempests roar low across the North Sea outbound from Bradwell Bay, Essex, on their way to attack a German airfield at Bad Zwischehhan and nearby rail yards on the night of 2nd October 1944. The trio comprised of Sqn Ldr Joseph ...... | |
  | JBII - Hawker Typhoon of Wing Commander J R Baldwin by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £580.00 | Squadron Leader J R Baldwin passes above a section of Mulberry Harbour near Arromanches, late in June 1944, his personalised Hawker Typhoon bearing the codes JBII. ...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - James Kyle. Price : £40.00 | Joined the RAF in 1941 and became a Typhoon pilot, completing a tour with No.197 Sqn. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and was demobilised in 1947, rejoining as an instructor in 1951 until his retirement in 1974. ...... |
