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Wildblood, Timothy Seddon(Entry 1-38)Wildblood was born in Egypt on 3rd March 1920, the only son of Brigadier FH Wildblood DSO.He was educated at Colmes Rectory, Alton from 1926 to 1928, The Towers, Crowthorne from 1928 to 1933 and Wellington College from 1933 to 1937. He won a King's Cadetship to Cranwell and entered 'B'Squadron there on 1st January 1938. On graduation, Wildblood joined 152 Squadron on 1st October 1939, then forming at Acklington with Gladiators. During the winter of 1939-40 the Squadron was re-equipped with Spitfires.On 27th February 1940, with P/O JSB Jones, Wildblood shared in the destruction of a He111 which crashed into the sea 10 miles off Coquet Island, Northumberland.The Heinkel was a He 111H-3 from 3/KG26 operating from Schleswig, the crew being: Hptmn Hans-Joachim Helm - KIA, Uffz. Karl Lassnig - KIA, Uffz. Heinrich Buchisch - Missing, Ofw. Artur Thiele - Missing, Gef.r Walter Rixen - MissingWildblood claimed an Me109 destroyed on 11th August 1940, a Me110 on the 12th and a Ju87 and another shared on the 18th. He failed to return from combat over the Channel on 25th August in Spitfire R6994.http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/commonwealth_wildblood.htm