Combat Report of No. 247 Squadron for 28 October 1940.

Combat reports were official documents detailing operational encounters with enemy aircraft. They convey both the mental strain of operations and the sense of excitement when victory claims were made.

This combat report provides details of an engagement between Flying Officer Richard Arthur Winter of No. 247 Squadron and what is believed to have been a Heinkel 111 around the Devon and Cornwall border area near Plymouth on 28 October 1940. No. 247 Squadron were based at St Eval in Cornwall at this time. Flying Officer Winter had joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in April 1937, later serving in Nos. 615, 152 and 247 squadrons. He was released from RAF service in 1945, holding the rank of Squadron Leader.