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Re: Hurricane II BE559, captured in Finland in 1943
This is a copy of the text I posted on the Axis History Forum.
The plane crashed on a swamp seven kilometers west from units of Rajajääkäripataljoona 6 (Rj.P 6) and about six kilometers south from "Lake Luka" (Lukajärvi).
According to the recovery report of Kenttälentovarikko 3 (KLeLv 3) the plane run out of fuel. The only hostile planes reported to 14. Divisioonan Esikunta / Ilmatorjuntatoimisto (14.DE. It.tsto) on that day were 02.16-02.46 AM a single plane from east to Pälkjärvi-Repola-Koli-Suomi and 5.11-5.20 PM a Hurricane from Evijärvi-Pälkjärvi to east. The HC dropped three bombs at the front from altitude of c. 500 meters.
Things recovered from the site:
1 fuselage
1 set of wings
1 horizontal and vertical stabilizer
1 set of landing gear
1 tailwheel
1 engine "Rolss-Royce" (intact)
1 fuel tank
2 fuel tanks (attached to the fuselage)
2 20 mm cannons
2 12,7mm machine guns
160 20 mm ammunition
109 12,7mm ammunitions
4 ammunition boxes
1 radio (battery and rechargeable battery), "AM".
1 parachute
1 optical sight for MG, "A-M"
1 oxygen mask
1 turn indicator
1 artificial horizon
1 artificial compass
1 tachometer
1 oil temperature indicator
1 oil pressure indicator
1 variometer
1 airspeed indicator
1 fuel indicator
1 fuel pressure indicator
1 altimeter
1 oxygen adjustment and flow indicator
1 brake pressure indicator
1 volt meter
1 cylinder temperature indicator
1 radiator (attached to the fuselage)
Pieces of sheet, pipes, bolts, nuts, cables etc. loose things, such as oil tank, "lamelleja/lomelleja" and so on. The propeller was broken in landing progress, made out of wood. Compass and clock were taken off by the pilot when leaving the plane and were with him when he was send to the division for interrogation.
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