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Re: Photos 10-22
Hi Ed and Mark,
Believe it or not but Ed found another photo of this very aircraft ! I think he posted it about this time last year. JG 26 was mentioned on the E-bay caption but this appears to refer to the source of the original photo. Apparently JG 26 were not involved in shooting down RE-Z.
Strange to relate but the only part of the serial visible in the earlier photo was the 'V'. The RE-Z was completely in view too.
From the relevant entries in The Battle of Britain, Then & Now and Men of the Battle of Britain (Supplementary Volume) it is clear McHardy became a POW that day. His Hurricane and another were shot down while attacking a Heinkel 59 moored off the French coast.
Hope this helps,
Martin Gleeson.
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