Mission Accomplished by Philip West (AP) SHN565 12 Group Wing flew four

12 Group Wing flew four times that disastrous day and in the end the Royal Air Force lost 106 aircraft compared to the Luftwaffe losses of 48

the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships

and sadly died of cancer in Auckland on 28th November 1980

including six race wins

Mission Accomplished by Philip West (AP) SHN565 12 Group Wing flew fourDHM2191AP. Mission Accomplished by Philip West. 17th May 1943, Sqn Ldr Frank (Jerry) Fray in his Spitfire PRX1 of 542 Squadron operating out of RAF Benson, Oxfordshire, returned alone and unarmed to gather photographic evidence from 30,000 feet of the Mhne dam having been breached earlier the same day by 617 Squadron Lancaster bombers. Signed by Flying Officer (Acting Flt Lt) Bill Anderson, Air Marshall Sir Alfred (Freddy) Ball, KCB DSO DFC, Flying