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Spitfire P9363 must have F/L at Christchurch 15 August 1940
Hello Martin
Unfortunately the numbered original pencil entries in the Hants EP Emergency Chart at Hants CRO logging crashes and incidents on 15th August 1940 have been rubbed out and then written over with fewer incident entries for the day.
The RAF Faygate No. 49 MU ORB, states the salvage date for Spitfire P9363 was 18.8.1940 and they collected the Spitfire from Christchurch, Hants.
The Christchurch ORB states:-
"Christchurch 15.8.40. 17.15 Air Raid warning sounded. Enemy aircraft overhead. One SPITFIRE forced landed badly damaged by enemy action, pilot safe and later flown by aircraft of this station to MIDDLE WALLOP. Guard sent to crashed SPITFIRE in BOURNEMOUTH, pilot killed."
Therefore, Klein must have force landed at Christchurch and this would tally with the location that P9363 was collected from.
If Klein did not bale out at Twyford, who did?
Cleaver baled out at Bishops Waltham according to a letter from the AHB.
Mark
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