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Re: eBay: Allied intrest
Stig,
Faenor and Dave are correct. I have a number of saved EBay photos showing up to 4 aircraft wrecks in this hangar. At least one photo is captioned 'Mourmelon' in a photo album.
No. 2 Salvage & Repair Section was formed at Mourmelon-le-Grand during October 1939 and remained there until at least 11 May 1940. This unit was renamed No. 4 Repair & Salvage Unit on 22 April 1940.
It sent a salvage party to recover Master N7545 and Hurricane P2540 LK-L early on May 8th, they returned late on May 9th to Mourmelon. (From their ORB in AIR 29/802 at Kew).
The photo Faenor has posted shows the Master and another Hurricane ('W', probably from 1 or 73 Squadron). Other photos show Hurricane LK-L just to the right and out of shot in this photo. Yet another photo shows a Fairey Battle dismantled near the hangar entrance, this last aircraft almost certainly from 88 Squadron which was also based at Mourmelon.
Master N7545 did not have its accident at Merville (Nord), but at Villefranche airfield (Meuse) some 45 miles north-east of Mourmelon. It and Hurricane LK-L were flying from Lille-Seclin to Senon when bad weather and fuel shortage forced their pilots to land at Villefranche.
Regards,
Martin Gleeson.
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