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Originally Posted by Alex Smart
Anyone have serial number of the "JX⊙U" in the background ?
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Hello,
22/12/1943
No.1 Sqn RAF
Typhoon IB JP961:JX-U (Blue 4)
Ramrod to "NOBALL" site, St. Pol area. Pilot called for a homing after last being seen near Edineaux, but nothing heard since then. Reportedly hit by flak. Wyatt sustained injuries to his elbow.
AUS405166 W/O (Pilot) Frederick John WYATT RAAF - POW. (later MiD LG:31/1/1947).
See:
In Enemy Hands - Revealing true stories behind wartime Allied aircraft losses.
Philpott, Bryan.
Cambridge:Patrick Stephens Ltd.,1981.
pp.15-16
See also: FCL2/Franks/p.138.
and ...
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/typhoon-jp961.5077/
Col.