John Freeborn
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John Connell Freeborn, was a fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.
John Freeborn in front of his portrait by Cuthbert Orde, 2004 (Lee Brimmicombe-Wood)
Battle of Barking Creek
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The Battle of Barking Creek was a friendly fire incident over England on 6 September 1939 that caused the first death of a British fighter pilot in the Second World War.
A flight of No. 151 Squadron Hurricanes, a squadron involved in the incident, taking off from North Weald
Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is, 24 July 1940. CH740