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Re: Hurricane North Africa
Hello,
Just musing here!
Possibly No.208 Sqn Hurricane I Z4433, crashed at Msus, 24-01-1942. There is a photograph in Shores' "Fighters Over The Desert" (between pp.128-9), which shows a No.208 Squadron Hurricane with an insignia similar to the one on the crashed Hurricane (just behind, and below the cockpit canopy). It is an owl perched on a branch. The photo has the following caption: Wg. Cdr. Durrant in a Tac.R Hurricane of 208 Squadron. Note the personal insignia beneath the cockpit. (Photo - Sqn.Ldr. Tester via R. C. Jones).
The following is known:
Saturday, 24 January, 1942.
Two Hurricanes of 208 Squadron took off on a dawn Tac.R, but were intercepted by a pair of Bf 109s from I./JG 27 which were scrambled from Belandah. Plt. Off Stephens was then shot down by Uffz Walchhofer west of Agedabia, and was killed
British Casualties.
208 Sqn, Hurricane Z4539 shot down; (AUS404812) Plt Off O. C. Stephens, RAAF, KiA, left 0720 for Agedabia.
German Claims.
6./JG 27 - Uffz Johann Walchhofer - Hurricane - W Agedabia 0830.
See:MAW1/Shores et al/pp.440-1
Anyone have the 208 Sqn ORB, to help identify second pilot, or W/C Durrant?
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 28th June 2017 at 08:36.
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