1. Raymond Harries is credited with the destruction of a V-1 flying bomb.
10 Facts About Raymond Harries
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Raymond Harries was then posted on 8 July 1941 to No 52 Operational Training Unit at Debden as an instructor.
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Raymond Harries served with the unit until December 1942, when he became commanding officer of No 91 Squadron, and in April 1943 received the new Mark XII Spitfire and were based at Hawkinge.
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Raymond Harries was the most successful pilot to fly the Rolls-Royce Griffon powered Supermarine Spitfire, scoring 11 kills in the type, including a brace of Focke-Wulf Fw 190s on 25 May 1943.
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On 18 July 1943 Raymond Harries shot down three Bf 109s while flying MB831.
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Raymond Harries became wing leader in August 1943, and by November, had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and a Distinguished Service Order.
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In early 1944 Raymond Harries went to the United States, to lecture on fighter tactics, only to return and become wing leader of No 135 Wing, 2nd TAF, in the spring of 1944.
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On 22 September 1943 Raymond Harries claimed one Fw 190 shot down and another as a probable.
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On 20 October 1944 Raymond Harries shot down a pair of Messerschmitt Bf 109Gs near Rouen, his last kills in the type.
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Raymond Harries's funeral was held at RAF Linton-on-Ouse on 18 May 1950.