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Originally Posted by Tim O.
Hi all
I have a log book and a series of photos to a pilot who flew with No. 185 Squadron from Malta and Italy in 1943-45. The photos all show Spitfires bearing the code 'LK', which references suggest would be 87 Squadron. Can anyone shed light on this please?
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Quite odd Tim
All sources are pretty adamant that 87 Sq used the LK code and 185 Sq GL.
Plenty of s/n tie ups for both units.
Are any s/n readable for the aircraft you have with LK codes?
The two units often shared common bases during August 1944 - March/April 1945 such as:
Perugia between 3-23 Aug 1944
Loreto between 25 Aug - 3 Sep 1944
Fano between 4 - 16 Sep 1944 and again 2 - 7 Oct 1944
and so on.
Perhaps he only took photos of 87 Sq aircraft?
No idea if the two units shared aircraft (in a sort of pool)
Cheers
Stig