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Looks like QT-U of 142 Sqn, for which I don't have a serial. Anyone?

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Hi Andy,

Unfortunately, that is the much photographed QT-H at Berry-au-Bac airfield. I have never seen an image with the serial, though there are good grounds for believing it is L5440. It seems that a small number of 142 Sqn. Battles by 10 May 1940 had had their serials painted over, but most did not based on photographic evidence.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

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Martin,
Thanks, I should have spotted that QT-H was also possible.
Looking at photos, there seem to have been two QT-Hs abandoned in France.

One is always pictured surrounded by bushes and trees, the other is in more open terrain. For example:
https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gall...0-qth-front-2/

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gall...-qt-h-142-sqn/
The automatic thing would be to assume they are the same aircraft, but I don't think they are.
Another QT-H was K9259, which was also abandoned at Berry-au-Bac at around the same time.

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Thank you Andy and Martin.

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https://www.ebay.de/itm/364178605422...Bk9SR-yigKnaYQ
https://www.ebay.de/itm/334786292426...Bk9SR8jVpanaYQ

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Post 2585
Spitfire N3290, GR ⊙ U, 92 Squadron. 20th March 1941.
Pilot became a POW.

Sorry, my error.
Should have been -
N3290 Ia 503 EA MIII - FF 16-1-40 - 27MU 24-1-40 - 92Sq 'GR-U' 20-3-40 - Shot down by Bf109s nr Calais 3-6-40 - FH95:45 - F/O JA Gillies - PoW.

See here for correct details -
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p003.html

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Alex

With 20 March 1941 I take it you mean its loss date?
From where does this come from?

All my sources state N3290 was lost 23 May 1940 (I checked three!)

Cheers
Stig

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Hi Stig,

Of course it is 23 may 1940 when sgt J. Gillies crash-landed just beside Saint-Martin-Boulogne

Bertrand, fan of playing brilliant rugby [for memory at Twickenham 10-53]

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Thanks Bertrand

Yes it figures, although I never understood the point of running around with an oval ball on muddy pitches...:D

Cheers
Stig

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Thank you gents.