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Re: Blenhiem P4827
Gentlemen, I'm lost!
I have multiple pictures of the Blenheim P4827 XD-P (similar to the ones attached above) showing a 139 Sqn aircraft abandoned on a French airfield. It clearly had been salvaged for spare parts, e.g. the engines.
However, the serial P4827 is always linked to the aircraft of sgt Brady, Sgt Willsher and LAC Maddox that was shot down on May 14 over Sedan/Givonne and crashed at La Cassine. Sometimes as 139 Sqn (Markus above, Sacré/Gillet in Bataille Aérienne et Rupture sur la Meuse), sometimes as 114 Sqn (Peter Cornwell in TBoFTaN). However by that time 114 and 139 Sqn were both operating from Plivot, using each others aircraft and crews, so in that sense the squadron number is not a hard indication of the aircraft code.
But whatever the squadron attachment, I can't see how the same aircraft could have been shot down on May 14 and also appear in numerous pictures of a captured aircraft. Misreading of the pictures is no issue, since for once both the serial and fuselage codes are clearly readible.
In other words, the aircraft of Brady and his crew can not have been the P4827, unless I'm missing something. Any clues?
Regards, Pieter
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