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2. Who was the 1st British fighter pilot to lose his life in an engagement over British soil?
3. What was the 1st aircraft shot down by a Spitfire.
4. Which of the above events were concurrent?

2. Who was the 1st British fighter pilot to lose his life in an engagement over British soil?
3. What was the 1st aircraft shot down by a Spitfire.
4. Which of the above events were concurrent?

You're obviously referring to the so-called Battle of Barking Creek. Unfortunately this was not an uncommon event....

Now, what was the later event of #1 about, by Christmas! Something about an American manufactured plane that was employed, with variants, before and throughout WW2 (the other site's forum had totally missed this aircraft in their list).

1. What was the American naval plane used to shoot down an enemy bomber over Scapa Flow?

The Hudson is recollected in FAA (Fleet Air Arm) history for one well known crash, when Admiral Ramsay of WWII fame was killed. Aircraft AM 550 of 781X Flight crashed on take off on 2 January 1945 at its base at Tussus-le-Noble, killing the pilot Lt Cdr Sir GJE Lewis, PO DL Morgan and Admiral Ramsay, Cdr G Rowell and Lt D Henderson.

I thank you for that information -- you now know my surname; I believe the only airworthy Lockheed Hudson (should I dare name a son Lockheed? ) is in Australia and served with the RAAF 6th.

However, although I originally messed up my questioning when I jumbled them around for presentation, I corrected #1 prior to your answering:

Now, what was the later event of #1 about, by Christmas! Something about an American manufactured plane that was employed, with variants, before and throughout WW2 (the other site's forum had totally missed this aircraft in their list).

1. What was the American naval plane used to shoot down an enemy bomber over Scapa Flow?

This one took some finding. The Hudson was not a naval aircraft & the action took place off Jutland...

The other site listed planes that were in service throughout the war: 81 of these birds they left out, produced from mid 1939 until August of 1945, were ordered by France in April or May of 1939 but they wound up in your Fleet Air Arm in 1940; the first of their kind, I believe, to see active service. The first to see active service for the U.S. were at Pearl Harbor (for those who think that only the P40 was there) but with another name for which you shouldn't have to make too wild a stab at, unless the cat's got your tongue.

The French variant was the Grumman "G-36A", to be fitted with the Wright R-1820-G205A Cyclone 9-cylinder single-row radial engine with 750 kW (1,000 HP), driving an uncuffed Hamilton Standard propeller. The G-36A was fitted with a shortened cowling, with an inlet in the upper lip but no flaps in the rear. It was to have fixed wings and six 7.5 millimeter Darne machine guns, with two in the nose cowling and two in each wings. The guns and other French kit, such as radio and gunsight, were to be installed after delivery. The French ordered 81 plus 10 complete sets of spares.

Trials of the French G-36A began on 11 May 1940, but France fell to the Nazis that month and the French never saw these machines. The British took over the order and the machines were delivered to the FAA beginning in late July 1940 under the designation of "Martlet Mark I". The ten spares sets were actually provided as finished aircraft; ten of the Martlet Is were lost when the freighter carrying them was torpedoed, and so the FAA received a total of 81. They were delivered with four 12.7 millimeter Browning guns in the wings.