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I believe it may be the same QJ°E aircraft with and without bent left wing.
Details make me think so (paint sheme, small access door in the wing root, bush in the background, top of white E partially hidden by the bent wing...).

Re: Which stories behind these photos?
 

I agree the damage to the leading edge of the wing root looks the same on each and its logical that the wing would have eventually dropped. The terrain is the same too.

I wonder if 92 Sqn had a habit of painting the aircraft letter in White when the codes look to be a much duller colour.

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Spitfire: Some precisions on the fate of KL°B ?
http://cgi.ebay.de/013-O-Foto-englis...item1e5a65c97f
http://cgi.ebay.de/014-O-Foto-englis...item20af68bad3
http://cgi.ebay.de/034-Orig-Foto-eng...item1e5a65f438

Hurricane : what else?
http://cgi.ebay.de/033-Orig-Foto-eng...item20af68ee8c

Re: Which stories behind these photos?
 

Hi,

The Spitfire KL-B is actually the N3180 from 54 Squadron. P/O Alan Deere crashed on the beach of Oostduinkerke (Belgium) on the morning of 28/5/1940.

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The Hurricane on the beach is probably the one of P/O Dryden (US-T/N2659) shot down on 29/5/1940.

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Thanks for precisions, Montana. :)
And who knows about this Spit? YQ°D Serial P8500 Place? Date? Events?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Flugzeug-Jaeger-E...item3a57f14f87

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Spitfire IIa P8500 of 616 Sqn was shot down by Bf 109 and crash landed at Gravelines (near Dunkirk) while on an escort to Short Stirlings attacking Lille on 6th July 1941. The pilot Sgt J McCairns was at first a POW but later escaped from Stalag Luft IXC and returned to the UK via Spain.

A nice photo and good to see one without red paint all over it for a change! I've reattached it here as it will be lost when the eBay sale ends.

Keep them coming!

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Tks Larry for historical background!
A new one: US°T ? Hurricane said to have been shot down near Dunkirk...more precisions?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-engl-Jagdflu...item5d282b4e9c

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This is a harder one to trace. It belongs to 56 Sqn. However, 56 Sqn ORB did not seem to record individual codes - otherwise Norman Franks would have listed them in 'RAF Fighter Command Losses'.

Its likely the pilot either evaded or was made POW - unless of course he died of wounds shortly after making a relatively safe landing (unlikely).

The aircraft is not from the first series production starting with L1547 to L2146 as these had fabric wings.

At a guess I think it might be N2659 that force landed 29th May 1940 on the beaches and the pilot PO KC Dryden returned by boat.

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May be the same one, US°T ?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-engl-Flugzeu...item5d282b4dac
...and a spit colleague?
http://cgi.ebay.de/Foto-engl-Flugzeu...item5d282b4c8a