Jeffrey Kindersley
Third son and fifth of the five children of Arthur Maxwell Quill (1864/5–1925), civil engineer, and Emily Molesworth (1870–1938), daughter of Captain Edward Molesworth Kindersley JP.
Married 1st (09.10.1937) Patricia Ann (b. 1915), daughter of Colonel John Stuart Campbell (marriage dissolved 1945).
Married 2nd (24.02.1945) (Eirene) Pamela Acland Allen (1921–1969), daughter of Captain Cecil Charles Acland Allen RN (marriage dissolved 21.03.1967); two daughters.
Married 3rd (03.10.1969) (Theodora) Claire (1918–2000), daughter of Alfred Reginald Legge.
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Littlehampton, Sussex
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20.02.1996
Andreas, near Ramsey, Isle of Man
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P/O (prob) |
09.10.1931 [32110] |
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P/O |
09.10.1932 |
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F/O |
09.04.1933 (emgcy
list) (reld 01.02.1958) |
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OBE |
01.01.1943 |
New
Year 43: Chief test pilot |
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AFC |
23.06.1936 |
HM's
birthday 36 |
| 09.10.1931 |
commissioned,
RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] |
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| 09.10.1931 |
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RAF
Depot, Uxbridge |
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3 Flying Training School RAF (Grantham) |
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| 18.09.1932 |
17
(Fighter) Squadron RAF (Upavon) |
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| 11.12.1933 |
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Station
Flight RAF, Duxford |
| 11.1934 |
Commanding
Officer, RAF Meteorological Flight (Duxford, near Cambridge) |
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| 31.12.1935 |
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transferred,
RAF Reserve of Officers (Class C) |
| 06.01.1936 |
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1947 |
Assistant, then Chief Test Pilot,
Supermarine Works, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. (logged more than 5000 flying
hours in ninety aircraft types) |
| 08.1940 |
- | 09.1940 | 65 Squadron
RAF (Hornchurch) (Battle of Britain) [shot down an Me109 16.08.1940 and shared
in an He111 18.08.1940] |
| 11.1943 |
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04.1944 |
served for
five months as T/Lt.Cdr. RNVR with the Fleet Air Arm, helping to develop
better carrier-deck-landing with the Seafire, the naval version of the
Spitfire; after a deck-landing course at Easthaven, serving at HMS Ravager
(training carrier), then HMS Attacker (escort carrier) and finally 1837
Squadron FAA |
Published: Spitfire : a test pilot's story (1983); Birth of a legend : the Spitfire (1986)