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Old 5th August 2022, 10:43
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Re: 185 Squadron Fuselage Codes 1943-45

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Originally Posted by Alex Smart View Post
Oddly , http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/home.html has MK784 as serving with 222 Sqdn and 349 Sqdn.

"MK784 LFIX CBAF M66 39MU 8-3-44 222Sq 'ZD-L' 16-4-44 349Sq 7-9-44 83GSU FACB 18-10-44 3APU 19-4-45 MedAAF 14-5-45 7SAAF 137MU storage 29-4-48 SOC 24-6-48"

"85 Years of SAAF" has 7 Sqdn, SOC 10.06.48.

Nothing of 87 or 185 ?
When 185 Sqn was disbanded, its aircraft went to the SAAF under whose control they had been in Italy as part of No. 8 Wing. Maybe the record misses a step?
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