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Re: 46 Sqn. Hurricanes in Norway.
Bengt,
I posted the following last night but it disappeared or just did not go through properly.
Thank you very much for the extract from AIR 2/7262 which was new to me. The reference to the SS 'Cotswold' and the three Hurricanes being shipped back was the answer to my original question. If you have any other pages from the AIR 2/7262 document after May 29th could you please check if a fourth Hurricane was shipped back to the UK ?
Unfortunately I see now we are dealing with 19 serials, not 18. L1798/L1805 being the issue I think. The F.78 for L1798 has no mention of 46 Sqn. It records L1798 TOC by 4 M.U. (A.S.T.) on 19-3-1940 with the next entry being to 27 M.U. on 10-7-1940. Furthermore L1798 does not appear one in the detailed F.541 for 46 Sqn. during all of February to April 1940, but L1805 does.
This all needs more work !
Regarding typos on the May 9th ORB entries; 'P2652' should be N2652 and 'N2633' should be P2633.
Alex,
'N2633' was in a 'Blackout Block' of Hurricanes and so was never built. The F.78 for N2633 shows it with 46 Sqn. at this time and noted as 'Lost in HMS Glorious'.
Regards for now,
Martin.
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