[Andy Saunders]

I can add the following from my copies of the Squadron Operations Record Books and other sources in my archives. It may help a little.

2/11/41

234 Squadron

Spitfire W3830

Took off on shipping recco at 15.20 with rest of Squadron. Four aircraft attacked a wireless station at Audeville. Hits were registered on the building but during the attack Plt Pff Meyer developed engine trouble and is believed to have landed on the Island of Alderney.
Plt Off B W Meyer 102051 of the USA was POW in Stalag Luft III at Sagan, POW no 705.
The aircraft was a presentation Spitfire named HOLT VIII

4/6/1942

234 Squadron

Spitfire AD245

Squadron took off at 11.55 for a Bomber Escort Sweep as rear cover to RAMROD 21 to Maupertus airfield. A dogfight ensued and this pilot failed to return. The remainder of the squadron had all returned to RAF Portreath by 16.20.

Flt Sgt Wallace Henry Jackson was from Asquith, Sask. Aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated at Runnymede.

8/11/1941

501 Squadron

Spitfire AD188

A large Rhubarb "Op" was flown with 118,234 and 263 Sqn taking off at 13.50 after the "op" had earlier been scrubbed due to bad weather. Greenway was attacked by a Me 109 and was last seen going down over the French coast at 10,000ft with white smoke coming from engine. (From another source I believe that Greenway eventually crash-landed at Braye Beach, Alderney)

Plt Off W J H Greenway was later POW and sent to Stalag Luft III.

If your photo is of any of these aircraft it can only be Mayer's and I suspect very strongly that it is.