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Old 9th January 2022, 13:04
Kari Lumppio Kari Lumppio is offline
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Re: P51c HSoZ, 260 Sqn, RAF serial?

Thanks a million SteveB!

260 Sqn ORB has KH595 appearing very shortly in February 1945, too:

KH595
"6/2. 1 P.51c.KH595 P/O R.Williams. Air test. 14.35 14.45"
"8/2. 7 P.51.c. ... KH595 P/O.R.S.Williams. ... Armed attack railway diversion at G.649931. ... 12.40 15.25"

And then again April 9th as you wrote.

If the IWM photo FRE 14856 has been taken May 10th, 1945 ("Production date 1945-10-05") KH595 is more likely to be the aircraft "Z" in the photo.


KH609 would have to be lifted from water almost immediately and then rinsed with fresh water to be repaired airworthy. Later corrosion and electrical problems would be expected anyway, I guess.

Cheers,
Kari
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