February 27, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Anyone know the real name of Al Deere’s friend Mitzi Darling, shot down in a Spitfire Vb?
By: Peter Clare - 27th February 2008 at 16:44
Thanks for the serial Paul, I’ve added it to my records.
Peter
By: paulmcmillan - 27th February 2008 at 16:26
Serial AR389
By: DCK - 27th February 2008 at 16:26
Ah thats why I couldnt find him, I didnt include India in my search 😀
Thanks!
By: Peter Clare - 27th February 2008 at 16:11
Name DARLING, Edward Vivian ‘Mitzi’
Number 740608 / 65979
Rank Sergeant Pilot / Pilot Officer
Nationality British
Born Wellington, India, 11 October 1914
Decorations DFC (1941)
Notes Commissioned January 1941; KIA, 2 June 1942; remembered on Panel 65 of the Runnymede Memorial
Fighter Command Losses – Franks has the following entry…..
2 June 1942.
403 RCAF Squadron.
Spitfire Vb. (No serial given)
F/Lt. E V. Darling DFC RAF.
Rodeo, am, Intercepted by Fw190s of JG26.