[Alex Smart]

Hello CJE and Blackwolf,

CJE, I have sent you a PM.

Blackwolf,

Many thanks for the Photos.

Much apreciated, I am sure by all.

A Question.

Number "11".

In the Air Britain book "The British Air Commission and Lend-Lease" the serial numbers of P-40F's are given under Kittyhawk II .
Apart from the RAF Serial number and USAAF - AAC Serial number there is also a number that is the list number,eg-
1 - FL219(RAF) - 41-13752(AAC)
to
150 - FL368(RAF - 41-14060(AAC)

Could it be, is it known if the number 1 or 150 would have been used used
on the a/c as the side number on the fuselage as in RAF - FL219 - Side or a/c in Squadron number "1" if used by the French unit ?

If so then "11" would perhaps have been FL229 - 41-13772 had she been used by the French.

From the list neither of the examples I give were used by the French ,and those in the second photo seem to All be from a later range of serial numbers as "114" is clear on all that can be seen.
That narrows the search down a lot, as from the book only a few of those were used -
FL343 - 41-14019
FL344 - 41-14020
FL347 - 41-14064
FL348 - 41-14025
FL353 - 41-14065
FL354 - 41-14033
FL361 - 41-14044
Plus two know from US stocks
41-14514 and 41-14530


Thanks
Alex