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Re: F/L Wilfred Patrick (Paddy) Francis Treacy (37617) - When exactly was he shot down in 1940
Paul,
I am fairly well satisfied that TREACY was only shot down twice during the Dunkirk fighting. The first time on May 24, 1940, when he baled out and, as you say, returned to England by sea, and again on May 27, when he was taken prisoner. The May 31 date is most unlikely as No.74 Squadron were withdrawn to Leconfield four days earlier.
My notes extracted from the Squadron ORB (AIR 27/640) at NA(PRO) give K9992 as the aircraft he abandoned on May 24 and K9875 that lost on May 27, 1940, but I am only too well aware that the former is at odds with Halley’s work on RAF Serials. So I will be interested if someone can provide specific details on the loss of P9441 which I believe was the aircraft crash-landed by ‘Paddy’ BYRNE near St Omer on May 23.
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