- Ronnie Fokes
Infobox Military Person
name= Ronnie Fokes
lived= unknown -12 June 1944
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allegiance=flagicon|United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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branch= air force|United Kingdom
commands=No. 257 Squadron RAF
unit=No. 92 Squadron RAF
battles=World War II :
*Battle of Britain
*Channel Front
*Italian Campaign
*Normandy Campaign
awards=Distinguished Flying Cross
laterwork=Ronnie Fokes was a British
RAF flying ace of theSecond World War . Ronnie Fokes scored 9 kills, four shared kills, two unconfirmed kills, three probable kills, one damaged and one shared damaged. [Price 1996, p. 30.] Fokes took command of No. 257 Squadron RAF, flying theHawker Typhoon , in July 1943. He was killed on a ground attack mission overFrance , on12 June 1944 .Bibliography
* Price, Dr. Alfred. "Spitfire Mark I/II Aces 1939–1941". London: Osprey, 1996 ISBN 978-1-85532-635-4.
* Thomas, Andrew. (2008). "Griffon Spitfire Aces". Osprey Publishing, London, England. ISBN 978-1-84603-298-1Citations
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