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Re: Bristol Beaufighter T3229
Alex,
Here is your post from the LEMB.
PN-F or E, T3229 Missing on 1st May 41. S/Lt. R.D.B.Hopkins RN and Sgt. P.G.Bell both interned. Given up to the Luftwaffe by the V/French and some sources suggest that the Luftwaffe passed it on and she ended her days with the Croat AF.
Then Peter Evans posted two photos of "BT-P T50x7." Below these two photos are links to ebay.de which include the word Afrikakorps.
At the bottom of the thread, there is another Beaufighter with a W on the fuselage to the right of the roundel. There is also a link to ebay.de and it includes the words Abgeschossenes Alliertes Flugzeug Bergung mit Kennung.
Finally, an overhead photo that includes Allied aircraft at a Luftwaffe airfield with numbers next to them to indicate type. No one could pinpoint which publication this photo came from. An excerpt: "The "Original" was in one of the "Recognition" Journals back in the 1950's IIRC. Then I found it in an "Air Pictorial" but cannot recall which issue, 1990's I think could have been earlier. The only item that I saved was a very blurred blow up of a/c marked "8" and "9", the Beaufighter and Mosquito. The Mosquito is much darker in colour and shows clearly the yellow tail section. This contrasts with the paler markings of the Beaufighter and I just wonder if the "Red/Black" roundel was retained ?"
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