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Re: No. 89 Squadron Malta Detachment, 1942
I can confirm K = X7702 and S = X7695.
V8219 B was fitted with AI M. VII. salvaged from other a/c.
X7695 S is confirmed by TNA AIR 23/7371
X7840 is given by Oxby as A, delivered to C Flight on 7 August 1942.
Regarding T5161 and 5165, Oxby said they were coded T and U respectively (although he put a query against the T), the ORB calls them Coastal Command Beaufighters, allocated for special duties.
P.S. To clarify, years back I help Oxby's son edit his father's memoirs, so I have had sight of them but of course they aren't mine to share and so I feel I have to confine myself to a few brief citations. Unfortunately I've lost contact with Richard Oxby.
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