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This television interview with Starikov, the pilot of the Russian TU 104, was a 'scoop' He spent his final years in France and died aged 76 in September 1996. They had underestimated Flt Lt Hodgkinson who returned to the cockpit with devastating effect. In November 1943, during a reconnaissance mission over France, his oxygen supply failed, causing him to crash land in a field.įlt Lt Hodgkinson was dragged from his burning Spitfire by two farm workers and later caught by the occupying forces who placed him in Stalag Luft III - the Great Escape PoW camp - for the next 10 months.īut he was then repatriated as he was deemed 'no further use to his country' by his Nazi captors. He managed to disable one, which crashed into the sea near to the pier. He spotted four Focke-Wulf Fw 190s bombing Brighton and engaged them. Like Bader, Flt Lt Hodgkinson's Spitfire was not modified in any way so he had to swing his hips to use the rudders.įlt Lt Hodgkinson's first aerial victory was claimed in April 1943 when on combat patrol over the south-east coast of England. 'Now, you b*****d,' I muttered, 'we'll see who's going to be the master round here'.' DE197 like an ex-alcoholic taking his first whisky after a successful cure. In September 1942 he successfully requested to transfer to the RAF as a Pilot Officer and took control of his first Spitfire since his accident. He subsequently joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and went on numerous flights, including as a rear gunner on a bomber. It was there that Colin made the decision to have his damaged left foot amputated to give him a chance of getting into opera tional flyingīy Christmas 1940 Flt Lt Hodgkinson was walking on artificial limbs to such a standard that he was allowed back into the air. When war broke out Flt Lt Hodgkinson was in hospital at Dartford and as many cases as possible were moved imme diately away from the Metro polis, he was among those who went to a converted lunatic asylum at Barrow Gurney, near Bristol, where this photograph was taken some months later.
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