Sgt G.R.Collett joined No 54 Squadron on the 15th of July 1940. He destroyed a Bf 109 on the 24th of July and was injured when he ran out of fuel chasing an enemy aircraft and had to force land on Dunwich Beach, Suffolk at 12:15hrs, in his Spitfire I (N3192).

G.R.Collett was K.I.A. on the 22nd of August 1940, at 13:15hrs. He was shot down in his Spitfire I (R6708) by a Bf 109 over Deal in Kent . Sgt G.R.Collett is buried at Bergin op Zoom, The Netherlands, aged 24.