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946:(Supplement). 1 September 1944. p. 4074.
889:(Supplement). 13 November 1945. p. 5522.
550:. Two nights later he shot down a Ju 88 near
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289:. In early 1939, he obtained a short service
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726:"The Airmen's Stories – F/O J G Topham"
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909:. 19 November 1943. p. 5077.
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730:Battle of Britain London Monument
1960:British World War II flying aces
1914:List of World War II flying aces
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1021:Rawlings, John (1976).
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1757:John Dundas
1717:John Topham
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1530:Adrian Boyd
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1410:Stanley Orr
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1156:James Lacey
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1066:flying aces
998:"No. 43537"
978:"No. 41433"
958:"No. 39421"
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645:wing leader
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504:Cambois Bay
410:Selsey Bill
331:Olive Snell
160:John Topham
25:John Topham
1929:Categories
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1661:John Ellis
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1506:Edgar Kain
1370:Mark Brown
1306:Roy Dutton
1207:Lance Wade
1180:Colin Gray
1081:Pat Pattle
1015:References
677:Waterbeach
601:No. 51 OTU
458:Worthingon
291:commission
283:Manchester
273:Early life
259:Waterbeach
208:, he flew
52:Allegiance
1837:Ian Allan
1669:Ian Gleed
1586:Alan Owen
1188:Eric Lock
665:Singapore
621:Bracknell
605:Cranfield
552:Cherbourg
526:(OTU) at
466:Bembridge
363:Luftwaffe
347:Catterick
337:With the
120:The Blitz
39:, England
1386:Al Deere
589:—
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279:Bradford
198:Bradford
196:Born in
130:Cold War
82:Commands
60:Service/
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1965:The Few
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372:near
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