Nigel Notting
Pilot Officer, RAF
145 Sgn, 11 Group
B Flight, 2 section
Yellow 3
Westhampett, AF

Sep 11, 1940

4 Destroyed
4 damaged
1 probable


Sep 11, 1940. I got the "Chop" on my 2nd outing over London today.

1100 hrs Scramble: The Sqn's 6 a/c got off alright,but we were late ( Controller ? Ops ? ) Anyway by the time we got there the enemy was going home .

Approximately 1445 hrs The flair was fired by ops and off we went, Control vectored towards S.E. London 30+ angles 20000ft Never made it, We got hit by 109's near Brighton as we were claiming. I spotted 6 of them coming down and Ack Ack fire off to the left More e/a ?. then It was dog eat dog. I was the flight Lt's wing-man so when a fighter got on his tail , I pulled in behind and gave him a 4 sec burst. ( got a few hits too ). Unfortunately, his wing mate got behind and did me in with MG fire, The Hurri's motor sputtered and puked black smoke Tenp off the clock, cooling system gone so went over the side getting banged around in the slip stream. Landed out in sticks of the city so hobbled over to a Lorrie repair shop and the attendant, https://giphy.com/gifs/rockabilly-machineshop-rocker-4HianAHkEeIYMyBYgi/fullscreen, gave me a lift. I will be with the medics for awhile.