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Re: Hawker Typhoon original id?
Hi
think this may have been covered on the old LEMB before the board crash.
0549 was possibly a typing error for JP548,
( in captured terms 0548 )
JP548
174Sq 14 feb 44 F/O B.F.Proddow, crashed Marigny.
JP548 is captioned also as T9+GK, in some articles.
One other personal theory is a typhoon could have rebuilt from bits and '549 ' donated the biggest bit or the part with a data tag. ( like a modern day rebuild...)
There is a famous photo of a bombed hangar of typhoons being rebuilt at chateaufort/( or was it chateaudun? i can't remeber which ) airfield, Nr Paris.
It was posted on the old LEMB, also photos exist of B-17's being rebuilt.
Cheers
Jerry
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