Hello Lion Rock,

My father was an American pilot who was recruited by the Clayton Knight Committee in 1940 and went to England via Canada to ferry aircraft for the ATA during 1941. I was recently sent a link to a youtube video [http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em%5D that contains some film from the WW II era produced by the relatives of a Flight Surgeon who shot thousands of feet of film. This clip highlights a reconnaissance pilot from that era. Although this film was shot the year after my father’s service and didn’t relate to him, it did inspire me to pull out his old flight logs to see if I could track down the history of some of the aircraft he flew. I started looking for Spitfires, and strangely enough the first page I turned to included an entry for May 29, 1941 flying Spitfire P-8648 from “Prest” to Ringway. I plugged the aircraft and serial number into my web browser search bar and up popped your thread above. It is nice to see that this Spit is still in one piece and valued by a community. My dad died in 1967, but it would make him happy to know one of the planes he flew is still around.

I will be happy to email you a copy of the pages from his flight log that relate to this flight, if you send me your email address. I am sending you his name and my contact information via a private message.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Joyful and Prosperous 2014!