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Re: Crashed Spitfire photo identification No.611 Sqd
hi,
This photo has been found several years ago into the WWII records of the town of Boulogne sur mer. A link was first made with another Paddy, Paddy III, a hurricane said by Flypast to have been flown by Kayne (profil published in a Flypast edition). Nothing has been found.
However, some months ago, an inhabitant of Samer, have said us that he has had the vision ,when he was a boy, during the war,of a crashed a/c with a dead pilot, an arm along the cockpit (as shown on the photo) . It was into a wood, close to Samer. Unfortunatly, since, this witness is dead and i have been unable to find the site without him. I specify that this man has never seen the photo of Paddy IV.
A pilot of the 611 squadron has his grave into Samer cemetery :
F/O P G Dexter (spitfire Mk Vb P8581),; He collided the 14 july 1941 with Sgt J W Panter (54 squadron) just above Samer, some local inhabitants still remember this collision during this particular day for us : 14 juillet, France national day. However, for FCL, Dexter has baled out...
Wise62
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