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Old 23rd March 2010, 17:58
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Re: interesting hurricane wreck photo on e bay

They are Hurricane Is abandoned on a French airfield sometime after late May 1940 after the "Blitzkrieg" ; most likely from the Advanced Air Striking Force (Nos. 1 and 73 Sqns) or the Air Component ( 85 and 87 Sqns).
The field has evidently been occupied by a Luftwaffe bomber wing ( He.III at left).By that time not many would have still had 2-blade props.
The large letter may be from one of the former squadrons as they removed their codes and just had a letter, plus red-white-blue rudder stripes in line with the French. The back one has the original factory finish, black port wing, white starboard probably with the fuselage underside in aluminium; the front one looks to have the specified finish of black-white divided down the centreline.
Most of the Belgian Hurricanes had Watts 2-blade props and aluminium undersides but at least one had a Rotol.
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