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Re: Missing Southern Rhodesia Air Force serials SR14-SR21?
Hi Stig,
There seems to have been a new serial system introduced early in the war that involved the 100s, 150s, 250s, 260s, 270s and 300s. These included a mix of former SRAF aircraft and pre-war civil aircraft.
I suspect this has something to do with including all impressed civil aircraft and existing Government aircraft by type in a single registration scheme.
Where can I find Andy Thomas's article?
Many thanks,
Sid.
P.S. This still leaves SR15, SR16 and SR17 a mystery. I suspect they were part of the pre-war sequence rather than the post-war sequence.
If the Audax sequence really is SR9-SR14, this would leave open the possibility that the three Gauntlets were SR15-SR17.
The other reported Rapide (previously given as SR9) is indeed a mystery. It was not used to support the SRAU's initial move to Kenya and it does not appear in the later 300+ Rapide sequence. By contrast, Rapide SR8 was involved in both.
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