[northeagle]

Hi Peter,
True enough muddy waters. the attack developed as I stated in my earlier post: Blackadder then Bazin, as you said it was Sulman who called out the attack but by then it was too late.

I have had another look through my notes etc. P3929 was force landed 17 September by Harry Welford at Tuesnoad Farm, Bethersden, hit in the bottom of the engine. However, Blackadder records that he flew P3929 on nine flights between 1 and 5 October, the last he force landed. He merely states: 'WFB, Bazin, Spyer, Evans all shot down by Me 109s: all pilots safe.' Blackadder, from what I know of him, was a methodical Scot. Had he entered this number once or twice I would have thought it was maybe a mistake but I would doubt he made nine mistakes in a row. The duration of his flight on this day was 55 minutes. He kept a detailed diary during the battle of France but refused to do so during the Battle of Britain because of Kings Regulations.

Jim Bazins regular aircraft was P3668 and he recorded that he flew it on 5 October. He force landed this aircraft and suffered a hefty smack on the nose from the gunsight. He flew another aircraft for the next day and a half then flew P3668 again on his second flight of 7 October. Bazin only records the number of his aircraft, flight at 1-30 and that he was operational. he never wrote comments in his logbooks until 1943/44. I have always found him a walking mystery as he never wrote much down at all and left operational flying in December 1940: he didn't return to it until 1944.

Best Wishes.
Robert.