14 Facts About Andrew Mamedoff

Flight lieutenant Andrew Beck Mamedoff, known as Andy, was an American pilot who flew with the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain in World War II.

Andrew Mamedoff was born in Warsaw, Russian Empire, in 1911 to Lev Mamedoff and Natalia Mamedoff.

Andrew Mamedoff's father was an officer in the Special Corps of Gendarmes of the Russian Empire stationed in Poland, while his uncle was Anastasy Vonsiatsky, a Russian fascist politician.

Andrew Mamedoff had learned to fly in the US and even had his own plane with which he performed at airshows.

Andrew Mamedoff was attempting to set up charter services in Miami immediately prior to the war.

Andrew Mamedoff initially came to Europe to fight on the side of Finland against the Soviet Union, but hostilities had ceased before he arrived.

In 1941 Andrew Mamedoff married an English woman, Alys Laird "Penny" Andrew Mamedoff at Epping.

Andrew Mamedoff became the first American to take a war bride during World War II.

Andrew Mamedoff was severely shot up by Me 109 and crashed at Tapnell Farm, near Freshwater flying in L1082.

Andrew Mamedoff was posted to RAF Kirton in Lindsey in Lincolnshire on 18 September 1940 and was a founding member of the No 71 'Eagle' Squadron along with Art Donahue, Eugene Tobin and Vernon Keogh.

Andrew Mamedoff was posted to RAF Duxford in August 1941 to another "Eagle Squadron", No 133 Squadron as a flight commander.

On 8 October 1941, Andrew Mamedoff was flying with 133 Squadron on a standard transit flight from Fowlmere Airfield to RAF Eglinton in Northern Ireland in his Hurricane Z3781.

Andrew Mamedoff's body was later recovered for burial at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey.

Andrew Mamedoff has been described as possibly the first Jewish American to have been killed in World War II.