[Andy Saunders]

On 14 May we have Hurricane P2635 of 79 Sqn lost east of Renaix.

However, the service number (matricule) of its pilot, P/O L L Appleton was 40497.

Could it be that fire/crash damage had made the P seem like an R, and perhaps the matricule was similary difficult to read?

Arnaud - I will try to look at your other query later.