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Re: Free French No. 344 Wellington crew August 18, 1943
[quote=Chris Goss;301027]Jan: I believe that 344 Sqn was not formed until 29 November 1943
Premier Maitre Chevanton /QUOTE]
This was PM Pierre Chevanton who was a rather old pilot, having received his wings on 10 Nov 1928. He had arrived to England in March 1943 to convert to Wellingtons.
The odd thing is that I have a LV Ernest Bigo as the pilot in command of this aircraft on the 18th. He was also among the pilots who arrived at the same time as Chevanton to England. Bigo got his wings on 1 Aug 1940.
The aircraft HZ697 was transferred to 2FB on 13 Aug 1943 and carried the code 26-Q
Chris
What do you have on Bigo?
Jan
How are you able to ID the aircraft used on 18 Aug as HZ697?
My source to the above is the book 'L'Aeronautique Navale Francaise au Royaume-Uni 1940-46' by Jean-Marie Commeau (No I don't have the book 2F also from Ardhan as referred to by Martin)
Cheers
Stig
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