[Zoran Petek]

Codes added to 126 Sqn on May 4 1945

Escort North Coates Wing - No. 236 (MB) & No. 254 Sqn (QM).
No. 126 Squadron
Mustang III KH578 5J-B Major Austeen, shot down by submarine U-155 off Flensberger Fjord 54° 55' N, 10° 7' E.
Mustang III KH551 5J-R W/Cdr. Donnet
Mustang III KH438 5J-Z F/Lt. Holmes
Mustang III KH502 5J-V F/O Rattray
Mustang III KH570 5J-X F/O King, damaged and landed in Lüneburg.
Mustang III KH518 5J-P F/O Reid
Mustang III KH477 5J-S W/O Fincher
Mustang III KH563 5J-D F/O Kingsbury
Mustang III KH523 5J-C F/O Armour
Mustang III KH564 5J-H F/Lt. Thompson
Mustang III KH442 5J-A F/O Tunnadine
Mustang III KH521 5J-I F/O Wright
Mustang III KH536 5J-G F/Lt. Clarke (not KH566, flown also on that day on similar mission, but by S/L Green, 64 Sqn. 64 Sqn also witnessed the loss of Austeen's KH578 5J-B)
Mustang III KH448 5J-O F/Sgt. Day
Mustang III KH464 5J-E F/O Vullers

W/Cdr. Donnet flew Mustang III KH551 5J-R, although he had two personally marked Mustangs - Mk.III KH500/MLD (ex HBW, when flown by Bird-Wilson), and from April new uncamouflaged Mk.IVA KM121/MLD.

Lust but not least - 4 Mk IIIs were in 65 Sqn in May 45: FX936, FZ126, SR408, SR439.

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