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Re: Seafox or Seagull?
Dear Mr. Crawford,
the Hurricane was most likely P 2639 piloted by Flying Officer Peter Wykeham-Barnes, because it seems that it was the only operative Hurricane of whatever unit during the day. However the ORB of 80 Squadron didn't report any action for the day (June the 21st). Form 540 states:
"Nothing happened to 16.25 hours when "B" flight were ordered to patrol at 16,000 feet West of Alexandria (...) C flight carried out a short night flying programme (...)."
Form 541 shows only the six Gladiators that carried out the patrol from 16.26 to 16.40. I'll screen the ORB's appendices to see if they contained more details. Regarding the Blenheims they were probably the MK IFs of 30 Squadron attached to 202 Group on the 17th.
Regarding 112 Squadron, the sketchy reconstructed ORB of the unit contained -as usual- very few details and recorded no such action during the day.
Regards
Ludovico
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