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Re: Crashed Spitfire photo identification No.611 Sqd
Hello Andy,
Thank you for the heads up re Voytech's post , I overlooked it.
From the list I placed in an earlier post, (now corrected and serials added ) If the Presentation a/c are left off then we have the following a/c-pilots left.
P7774 IIa - Pennings - 28-4-41 - In sea ?
R7209 Va - Pollard - 22-6-41
R7349 Vb - Buys - 24-6-41
R7277 Va - Feeley - 8-7-41 - NKG
W3325 Vb - Johnston - 9-7-41
P8539 Vb - Hemingway -10-7-41 - NKG
P8581 Vb - Dexter - 14-7-41
W3257 Vb - Lock - 3-8-41 - NKG
W3567 Vb - Lamb - 16-8-41 - In sea -NKG
W3227 Vb - Roper-Bosch - 21-10-41 - In sea
W3515 Vb - Smith - 21-10-41 - In sea - NKG
Of the above the following were
Penning - Dutch
Buys - Dutch
Feeley - RNZAF
Dexter - South African
Could the sleeve insignia have some reference to these men ? For example did the Dutch aircrew wear the Orange triangle marking on their sleeves and if so did it matter which way up it was ?
Also with regard to the a/c camouflage pattern, can it be cleared up if it is "A" or "B" pattern ? and would this be the reason also that the "FY" is aft on the fuselage side rather than forward was that the general practice ?
Only Pennings above has an even number.
All for now
Alex
Last edited by Alex Smart; 24th November 2009 at 07:27.
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