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Re: Hurricane captured at Derna 26.09.1941
Hello Andrei
It seems that 2 PRU were set up from the 1st June 1941.
They were slowly building up the Unit & continuously pressing to get more aircraft.
As a result, on the 1st Sept 1941 they only had one operational Hurricane which was W9116, the Lockheed & the Beaufighter. They rec'd two "new" Hurricanes W9353 & Z4182 on the 1st Sept but these were then sent to 103 M.U to have cameras etc etc fitted and to be painted Blue.
The records state that they only undertook 5 Ops in Sept 1941 and all these were undertaken by W9116.
No Aircraft losses were reported for Sept 1941. The other Hurricanes mentioned above are mentioned undertaking Ops in Oct 1941 onwards....
Other useful information - 2 PRU started to operate from Fuka from the 1st Oct 1941.
F/Lt A.M.Brown brought Hurricane W9353 from Heliopolis to Fuka on the 1st Oct 1941. F/Lt Nicholson brought W9116.
On the 2nd Oct 1941, F/Lt Brown took off in W9116 at 08.50 hrs to undertake a recce of Benghazi, but did not return.
Hope this helps.
Gerry
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