GREAT BRITAIN
Iraq Rebellion 1941 (Rashid Ali Coup)
VICTORIES
NAME DESTROYED PROBABLE DAMAGED OTHER UNIT COMMENTS
Craigie, J. M. 1 - - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Dunwoodie, William Henry 1 - - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Herrtage, Gerald Douglas Francis 1 - - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Smith, Leslie Ernest 1 - - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Wightman, William Taylor Forest 1 - - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Cleaver, Richard Bath - 1 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Watson, J. - 1 - Habbaniya Fighter Flight
May - - 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
unknown - - 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
unknown - - - 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
unknown - - - 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
unknown - - - 1 Habbaniya Fighter Flight
Air-to-Air Victories
| Date | Unit | Aircraft | Pilot | Victim | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I | Cleaver, R.B. | SM.79B | damaged | Italy |
| 02.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Craigie, J.M. | Breda Ba65 | destroyed | Italy | |
| 03.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I | Cleaver, R.B. | SM.79B(a) | destroyed | Italy |
| 03.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | May | Northrop 8A | damaged | ||
| 06.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | unknown | Northrop 8A | damaged | ||
| 07.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I | Watson, J. | Gladiator | probable | Iraq |
| 16.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I, L7616 | Herrtage, G.D.F. | He 111H(b) | destroyed | Germany |
| 17.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I, N5857 | Dunwoodie, W.H. | Bf 110C(c) | destroyed | Germany |
| 17.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I, K7899 | Smith, L.E. | Bf 110C(d) | destroyed | Germany |
| 29.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | Gladiator I, N5777 | Wightman, W.T.F. | CR.42(e) | destroyed | Italy |
| 06.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | unknown | e/a | destroyed on ground | ||
| 06.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | unknown | e/a | destroyed on ground | ||
| 06.05.1941 | Habbaniya Fighter Flight | unknown | e/a | destroyed on ground |
(b) He111H of 4/KG4 flown by Oberleutnant Graubner shot down. The aircraft made a forced landing and the crew survived.
(c) Claimed in combat Bf110Cs from ZG76 or ZG26. It is possible that Leutnant Woerner, leader of the ZG26 Kette, was killed in this action since he was killed in action in Iraq, together with his gunner, Unteroffizier Fischer.
(d) Claimed in combat Bf110Cs from ZG76 or ZG26. It is possible that Leutnant Woerner, leader of the ZG26 Kette, was killed in this action since he was killed in action in Iraq, together with his gunner, Unteroffizier Fischer.
(e) CR.42 from 155a Squadriglia shot down. The pilot, Sottotenente Valentini parachuted and was taken POW.
No 94 Squadron Badge
Sources & Literature
- Belcarz, Bartlomiej - Peczkowski, Robert: Gloster Gladiator, Monographie Lotnicze No. 24, AJ-Press, Gdansk, 1996.
- Dudgeon, Tony: The War That Never Was, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1991.
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- Lyman, Robert: Iraq 1941: The battles for Basra, Habbaniya, Fallujah and Baghdad, Campaign 165, Osprey Publishing, 2006.
- Nicolle, David C. - Gabr, Gabr Ali: Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955, Volume 7, The Arab Air Forces in Crisis, April 1941-December 1942, Middle East@War, Book 52, Helion & Company, 2023. ISBN: 978-1-804510-34-6
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- Šnajdr, Miroslav: Gladiator a Sea Gladiator, part three, Historie a plastikové modelářství, No. 3, 2004.
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- Aeroplane Monthly, September, October and November 1981.
- The Battle for Habbaniya - The forgotten war, http://www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/opsrep.html.
- The Iraqi Revolt, http://www.geocities.com/acrawford0/revolt.html.
- Iraqi Air Force Gladiators, http://www.geocities.com/acrawford0/iraqiair.html.
- Gustavsson, Håkan: Biplane Fighter Aces from the Second World War, http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/index.html.
- Gloster Gladiator, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Gladiator#Anglo-Iraqi_War.
- The Iraq Coup Attempt of 1941, the Mufti, and the Farhud, http://www.mideastweb.org/iraqaxiscoup.htm.
