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Re: RAF antishipping aces
Officially Coastal Command did not keep a tally of the merchantmen, tankers, escorts, etc., sunk by the individual squadrons or wings be they four engine or two engine squadrons.
Unofficially I know that Nos: 235 and 248 Squadron did keep a tally when at Portreath. When the Mosquito Wing was formed at Banff, NE Scotland the base OC Grp/Capt Max Aitken did have a tally for all squadrons painted in the entrance hall of the Banff HQ building, a smaller version appeared above the bar area for 143, 235, 248, 333, 144 (Beau) and 404 (Beau) Squadrons.
A tally painted on a sea grey background in 1940s stylised black text was also visible for everyone to see in the Banff Operations Room of all the Banff Strikes from September 1944 to May 1945. In 1994/95 it was still visible despite the ravages of time, in 2005 it was in very bad shape, today it is virtually non-existent.
Kind Regards
Andy Bird
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