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Re: Hurricane I 504 Squadron France
Carlos,
Another great find. AFAIK the first of this aircraft to show the serial. I have seen another view taken from the other side with a wood in the background but the serial is unreadable.
The 'obvious' loss - but nothing is obvious when dealing with BoF losses ! - is the unidentified 504 Squadron Hurricane lost on 20 May 1940. It was piloted by P/O B.E.G. White who was wounded when he had to crash-land after being damaged by ground fire. See 'THE BATTLE FOR FRANCE, THEN AND NOW' by Peter Cornwell.
There should be an AIR 81 casualty file for this loss but maybe I missed it on the AIR 81 index.
The Air-Britain 'P1000-R9999' lists only 504 Squadron and 'No Further Trace ' for its fate. The detailed 504 Squadron F.541 for April 1940 does not show P2637 with them for that month. Unfortunately there is no F.541 for May 1940 and I did not check June.
Regards,
Martin Gleeson.
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