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Re: RAF coordinates in WW II
I also see that wV7595 would be the best choice for the coordinates "7595" as given in the personal combat report of F/O Nowell and F/SGT Randall of No. 85 Squadron. The Mosquito XII VY-N had successfully attacked a German bomber early in the morning of 22 January 1944, initially identified as a Ju 88 but subsequently quoted as a He 177.
However, wV7595 on the British Cassini Grid would hardly match with a position at sea six miles south-east of Hastings as mentioned in literature and a surviving crew member claimed a hit by AA fire. So there would be some reason for assuming that a different He 177 had been met by Mosquito XII VY-N. I also wonder if its RAF serial is known.
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