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W3320, P/O Donald E. Kingaby, No. 92 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, United Kingdom, July-August 1941
P8783, Sgt Donald R. Morrison, No. 401 Squadron RCAF, Biggin Hill,
United Kingdom, November 1941 - February 1942
Donald Ernest "Don" Kingaby was one of the
most successful RAF fighter pilots flying
Spitfires. He achieved his first successes during
the Battle of Britain in the ranks of No. 266 and
No. 92 Squadrons, and by the end of 1940 he
had eight kills to his credit. Further successes
quickly followed, and by the summer of 1941 he
had already scored 14 aerial victories. Spitfire
W3320, named The Darlington Spitfire, was his
last personal Spitfire with No. 92 Squadron.
He flew it from July 20, 1941, to October 16,
1941, and completed 33 operational flights in
its cockpit, during which he shot down three
Bf 109Fs with certainty, another three with
probability, and damaged one. He returned
to operational flying in March 1942 with
No. 111 Squadron and subsequently as squadron
commander with No. 64 Squadron. In the fall
of 1942, he took command of No. 122 Squadron.
During the Normandy invasion, he served at
Fighter Command headquarters and ended the
war as commander of the Advanced Gunnery
School in Catfoss. He achieved a total of 23 aerial
victories. The citizens of Darlington in County
Durham in northeast England contributed
£5,082 towards the purchase of Spitfire Mk.Vb
W3320, thus known as The Darlington Spitfire.
After August 15, 1941, the W3320 had the fields of
Dark Earth repainted with a Mixed Grey on the
upper surfaces and Medium Sea Grey o institute
n the lower surfaces.
Donald Morrison was born on June 2, 1921,
in Toronto, Ontario and joined the RCAF in
October 1940. In July 1941, he completed his
training and left for Great Britain. He was
assigned to No. 122 Squadron and two months
later to No. 401 Squadron RCAF, where he
quickly began to make a name for himself.
By the end of February 1942, he had achieved
three confirmed kills. On August 19, 1942,
he was shot down during a dogfight with an
Fw 190, bailed out of his damaged aircraft, and
parachuted into the English Channel, from where
he was rescued. During the rescue operation,
he operated machine guns on the boat and fired
at attacking enemy aircraft. On November 8,
he was shot down again, captured and seriously
wounded by shrapnel. German doctors were
forced to amputate his leg. Due to his disability,
he was repatriated back to Great Britain and
returned to Canada in November. In May 1944,
Morrison became an instructor with No. 20
EFTS. He left the RCAF on March 14, 1945. In 1947,
he returned to Great Britain and joined the RAF,
where he served until 1951. He later worked
for Trans Canadian Airways. In total, he had
seven confirmed kills during his wartime career,
including three shared kills, four probable kills,
and five damaged aircraft. Sgt Don Morrison
had the character Jiggs, created by cartoonist
George McManus, drawn on every aircraft he
regularly flew with No. 401 Squadron. The first
Spitfire on which this character was drawn was
Spitfire P8783.
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