Edward Charles (RAF officer)
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Edward Francis John Charles, was an English-born Canadian officer and flying ace who served in the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. During his service with the RAF, he was credited with at least fifteen aerial victories.
Charles seated in the cockpit of his Spitfire fighter, 1943
Charles, commanding No. 611 Squadron, in a publicity photograph taken to celebrate Biggin Hill sector's 1,000th aerial victory following a sortie over Normandy on 15 May 1943
Charles with the Free French pilot and commander of No. 341 Squadron René Mouchotte; the two claimed what were Biggin Hill's 999th and 1,000 aerial victories
René Mouchotte
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Commandant René Mouchotte DFC was a World War II pilot of the French Air Force, who escaped from Vichy French–controlled Oran to join the Free French forces. Serving with RAF Fighter Command, he rose to command a fighter wing before being shot down and killed on 27 August 1943. His diaries were published in 1949 and later translated into English.
Hurricanes of 615 Squadron land at RAF Northolt in November 1940
Mouchotte's tomb at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris
Rue du Commandant-René-Mouchotte in Paris, 2011