ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. - Wing Commander R H Harries, Wing Leader of No .135 Wing, sitting in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX at Funtington, Sussex, two days after shooting down a Focke Wulf Fw 190 to claim enemy aircraft destroyed. He claimed is first victories as a flight commander with No. 131 Squadron RAF in 1942 and was given the command of No. 91 Squadron RAF in January 1943. After a lecture tour in the United States, he took over 135 Wing in early 1944 and led them until January 1945, when he was posted as Wing Commander (Training) No. 84
ROYAL AIR FORCE: 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE, 1943-1945. - Wing Commander R H Harries, Wing Leader of No .135 Wing, sitting in the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX at Funtington, Sussex, two days after shooting down a Focke Wulf Fw 190 to claim enemy aircraft destroyed. He claimed is first victories as a flight commander with No. 131 Squadron RAF in 1942 and was given the command of No. 91 Squadron RAF in January 1943. After a lecture tour in the United States, he took over 135 Wing in early 1944 and led them until January 1945, when he was posted as Wing Commander (Training) No. 84 Group of 2 TAF. His final score was victories Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 131, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 90, Royal Air Force, Group, 84, Royal Air Force, Maintenance Unit, 201
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