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Post 2559:
# 1 will be Battle L5502 of 142 Sqn, lost on the night of 28/29 July 1940 (crew POW)

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Thanks ED

2568_2 : D.520 “10” Pithiviers on 14 june 1940 ; n° 205 or 253 of GC III/3

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You're welcome Bertrand.

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#3 we've discussed before in the thread I believe, so I won't bore you.

#4 is a nice shot of Battle K9201/VO-M of 98 Sqn, abandoned at Château Bougon c 15 June 1940. Another one abandoned which is often seen in photos was K9218/VO-J. As perhaps to be expected at that difficult time, the style of code is completely different (font, size etc)

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thanks ED

#2576_10 Amiot 143 n°19 of GB I/34 ; old captions give bei Bourges
#2576_8 : MB152 n°506 "10" of GCI-8

#2576_1-2-3-4-5 : 42- 5942 (388th BG, 563rd BS)

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...t=24620&page=3

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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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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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The first picture will be Battle K9390 of 150 Sqn, lost on 10 May 1940.
There seems to have been debate over the years as to where it actually came down - recent thinking seems to be Luxembourg.
The pilot was killed, the other two crew taken POW.

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Photos in post 2596 look more likely to be a Hudson :)

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Originally Posted by edwest2 (Post 327820)

https://www.ebay.de/itm/374565540657...Bk9SR9DpzsDdYQ

I think this was L5250/GB-B of 105 Sqn which force-landed in the area of Suippes on 14 May 40. All three crew evaded.

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The first two in Post 2594 are from 21 AD Chateau Bougon I think.
GB-X is P2190
F is L5436 (I think it only carried the QT- squadron code on the other side)
Anyone for the Hurricane?

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Originally Posted by Alex Smart (Post 327922)

Photos in post 2596 look more likely to be a Hudson :)

Surely it has the PZ code of 53 Sqn?