[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Great Photos and grand to see the data plate.
Question - Were they built in sequence or not ?
Might a/c number 82 be 12881 and not 12879 ?

Indeed 12879 , X-881, Should have been a/c 82 by all accounts.
But if the a/c were out of sinc then could it be that
12881 was the 82nd a/c off the production line.
These things happened.

Also I think it is well reported that 12879 ws taken by the Germans and was passed to the Fins to become CU-568. She was involved in a crash on 1st July 1942.What happened after this, was she repaired or scrapped?
If indeed CU-568 was 12879 Then what happened to her ?

Is it possible that the wreck was sold off to the French for spare parts for their remaining few in North Africe ?

Or was 82 12881 and not after all X-883, 84.

Which ever she was she looks just great. Well done to all involved.

Thanks
Alex