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who was credited with eleven confirmed kills and another three probable. Most of these were during night missions, including seven over a period of three nights in June 1943, actions for which he received numerous awards. Green was also a member of the British
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In December 1941 he punctured his ear drum which led to another short grounding. In early 1942 he was sent to the No. 1 Blind Approach School and then returned to No. 600 on 11 February. On 2 June he was made Wing Commander of
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as it was seen crashing in mid Channel, but unsubstantiated. He had another probable against a 109 on 5 December (16 claimed but only 3 destroyed), and piloting Spitfire LZ-K shared a kill against what was claimed to be a
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and damaged another. Flying another patrol later that day, an armor-piercing bullet hit him in the leg. Using his fingers to staunch the bleeding, he turned up his oxygen to full to avoid passing out and landed at
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on 27 December. Also this claim is unsubstantiated. No loss by Luftwaffe, only one Do 17 slightly damaged, either by 421 Flight or by 234 Squadron F/O Edward Brian "Mortie" Mortimer-Rose piloting X4243.
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bombers. On 5 November, he was posted to command No. 232 Wing, a composite unit flying Spitfires, Fairchilds, Bostons, Dakotas, Mosquitoes, Sea Otters, Proctors, Ansons, Oxfords and a
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operations were beginning to wind down as the full effect of the Soviet advances and massive increase in RAF and USAAF bombing began. On 11 April 1944 he received the Soviet
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Green left the Air Force in 1947 and returned to South Africa with his new wife Ruth, a Canadian nurse he met in Italy in 1946. He worked for the South African division of
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on 23 September. During this time the 600 gained such a fearsome reputation that their presence would be announced in the Allied press to ward off Luftwaffe operations.
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On 16 June he was posted to Headquarters Fighter Command as a Staff Officer and spent the next few months in a variety of roles, including a short stint as a German
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fighters, and returned to 601 which had switched to this type in November 1938. In March 1939 he underwent further conversion training on the
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Although the Do 215 was used in small numbers during this period, it is equally likely this is a misidentified Do 17 which is very similar.
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On 10 December 1942, Green was once again posted to command No. 600, which by this time had moved to Maison Blanche Airport in
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He remained in the RAF post-war, with his last flight in an active squadron on 12 August 1946. He was then posted to the
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on 28 February 1937, the "millionaires squadron". He took his first flight with the squadron that day in a
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In the summer of 1944, Green was promoted to Group Captain of the 1 Mobile Operations group of the
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in November 1917. His mother re-married, which led to Green travelling Europe before being sent to
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and went solo on 13 September. On 13 October he was sent to No.54 Operational Training Unit for
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on 14 November to command A flight, which flew the Beaufighter II, a version powered by the
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team in the mid-1930s, winning several medals including World Cup gold and Olympic bronze.
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Green was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in command of A flight of the newly forming
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during a dawn patrol. The next day he was hit by fire from a destroyer near
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He flew solo in the Spitfire on 8 March 1940 and began flying patrols from
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before retiring in 1977. Green and his wife then retired to a farm in
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and Green was promoted Squadron Leader Commanding. He was awarded the
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He had his last kill, on a Ju 88, on 25 January 1944, by which point
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before returning to the Blenheim. In February 1940 he began flying
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from 1927 to 1932. A natural athlete, he set the Harrow record for
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piloting Spitfire LZ-V, whose destruction was confirmed by the
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After returning to England, he became a member of the British
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and continued training on the Hart, its two-seat variant the
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as conversion training as No. 92 prepared to switch to the
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On 29 August 1941, Green flew his first flight in the
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which operated as the Operational Conversion Unit for
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after returning to England in 1936. He was posted to
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1st Class, and on 8 July 1944 he was awarded the US
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during the closing stages of the battle against the
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601 (County of London) Squadron Historical Database
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That day he got a "probable" on a 755:to help develop jet fighter tactics for the 2286:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain 817: 990: 976: 478:in preparation for 601 to switch to the 2266:Bobsledders at the 1936 Winter Olympics 926: 911: 14: 2301:Royal Air Force pilots of World War II 2243: 349:(30 March 1914 – 10 March 1999) was a 2281:Medalists at the 1936 Winter Olympics 2261:Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain 999:World champions in four-man bobsleigh 971: 537:No. 421 (Reconnaissance) Flight RAF 24: 25: 2317: 632: 2296:British World War II flying aces 954: 858: 740:, and then to command a wing of 613:engines instead of their normal 575: 449:601 Squadron Auxiliary Air Force 326: 307: 288: 269: 243: 42: 1435:Cancelled to weather conditions 920: 438: 2276:Olympic medalists in bobsleigh 882: 864: 793: 731: 466:He was briefly transferred to 13: 1: 927:Edwards, S. (15 March 2011). 806: 779:, near her childhood home in 762: 753:Central Fighter Establishment 369: 2306:People from Pietermaritzburg 811: 7: 703:Distinguished Service Order 697:On 10 July, as part of the 357:(RAF) fighter pilot during 297:1938 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 252:1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 203:Distinguished Service Order 10: 2322: 726:Distinguished Flying Cross 722:Order of the Patriotic War 570:Distinguished Flying Cross 433: 426:, which won bronze in the 399:Royal Geographical Society 397:He became a Fellow of the 392:Trinity College, Cambridge 211:Order of the Patriotic War 207:Distinguished Flying Cross 1005: 948:Battle of Britain Archive 699:Allied invasion of Sicily 643:Houari Boumediene Airport 445:Royal Auxiliary Air Force 263: 235: 228: 223: 198: 171: 161: 143: 133: 125: 113: 105: 88: 68: 56: 41: 34: 18:Charles Green (bobsleigh) 2271:British male bobsledders 936:600 Squadron Association 786: 707:Allied invasion of Italy 191:Allied invasion of Italy 1023:Gino Rossi (bobsledder) 957:"Charles Patrick Green" 872:"Charles Patrick Green" 655:Reginald Joseph Gillies 1724:1989–90: Switzerland ( 657:. 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Index

Charles Green (bobsleigh)

Beaufighter
Paddy
Pietermaritzburg
Collingwood, Ontario
Royal Air Force
Group captain
No. 601 Squadron RAF
No. 91 Squadron RAF
No. 600 Squadron RAF
No. 600 Squadron RAF
Second World War
Battle of Britain
Tunisian campaign
Allied invasion of Italy
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Flying Cross
Order of the Patriotic War
Bobsleigh
Olympic Games
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Four-man
1937 St. Moritz
1938 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
1938 St. Moritz
1939 Cortina d'Ampezzo
South African
Royal Air Force
World War II

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