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Originally Posted by Kaiyan
re #612
Now we have an interesting problem wonder where the guys got the info for this
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Perhaps I should have been more clear in my answer.
When 18 Swordfish from 767 Sq was transiting through France in June 1940 it arrived to Bône on 19 June 1940.
12 aircraft went to Malta and these 12 became 830 Sq on 1 July 1940.
The remaining six was met up and landed on HMS Ark Royal on 20 June and were offloaded at Gibraltar on the 22nd and taken back to England on the 25th.
767 Sq was officially reformed at Arbroath 8 July 1940.
Most likely the individual who made the drawings was not aware that in Sep 1940 the unit had been renamed 830 Sq and that said unit continued to use the old 767 Sq code for a while.
All this are in the eminent Air Britain books about the FAA units and aircraft.
Cheers
Stig