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Hi Marius,

greetings from Czech rep :-)
or this plane is KWoU L1948 from the right side - the 1st letter looks like K or V - there is no other option. The letter looks thin/slim then by plane VYoP.

Faenor

paulmcmillan

14th January 2022 14:43

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All I think it is VY-P as well - So 85 Sqn machine - of course N2319 is a well known VY-P and photos of it are on the Internet - but it has a white hexagon on the fin.. So almost certainly not that one - Also the Sqn code looks like it is painted over the serial which a correspondent of mine says looks like '2-3-8-9 ; P / R'

Air Britain serials has Mark I, N2319 'VY-P' presumed lost in France May 1940

but BoFTaN has

May 17th 1940

85 SQUADRON, LILLE-SECLIN Hurricane N2319. Believed shot down in combat with Bf109s of 11.1.1G26 west of Douai 4.00 p.m. Pilot Officer P. P. Woods-Scawen baled out slightly wounded. Aircraft a write-off.

http://www.rafcommands.com/database/...php?uniq=N2319

marco392

14th January 2022 15:30

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You're right Paul, it's not N2319, even the size of the serial number is completely different on well known photo of N2319 and this one. Using photoshop I tried to read the Hurricane serial number from all my photos of VY-P and I can see Px5xx.
last two digits are rounded at the top, so could be 0,2,3,6,8,9

I think these Hurri which meet that condition are : P2535, P2538, P2563 ?
as I have in my fiels P2563 had code VY-B, P2538 was with 85 only until 10.01.1940 so Is that photo of P2535 ?

Mariusz

paulmcmillan

14th January 2022 16:02

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I feel it unlikely to be P2535

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/136966

As pilot killed on 16th May 1940 and this is BEFOFE loss of original N2319 'VY-P' on 17th May 1940

edwest2

14th January 2022 22:54

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/393872594123...IAAOSw2xhh4cId
Off topic
https://www.ebay.de/itm/284604388010...cAAOSwE8xh3aQF
https://www.ebay.de/itm/373874259466...EAAOSwLjdh4VbL

marco392

15th January 2022 17:20

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wreck of Hurricane left on Le Touquet aerodrome
https://www.ebay.de/itm/3342926449...SwqXJh4ugT

edwest2

15th January 2022 21:24

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/393872710116...EAAOSw50Jh4dDf
https://www.ebay.de/itm/393874911488...gAAOSwEqlh4utm
https://www.ebay.de/itm/393874908938...cAAOSwp0Rh4ur2