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Originally Posted by bearoutwest
....answering my own question:
From Peter Cornwell's "Battle of France - Then and Now":
19-May-1940 (p.321), notes that 87 Sqn Hurricane P2819 LK-G was badly damaged in the control wires and main longerons (fuselage structure) during air combat with Bf109s. The aircraft was repairable but abandoned (I assume at 87 Sqn's base Lille-Marcq ).
Cross referencing with Rawlings' "Fighter Squadrons of the R.A.F." :
87 Sqn is recorded as operating a Hurricane I - LK-G P2829. Perhaps a typo?
Your thoughts?
...geoff
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Hi Geoff,
from my knowledge, all Hawker Hurricane with serial number started Pxxxx have 3 blade propeller, so this plane we can exclude. But maybe I´m wrong.
In the book American Eagle -part 1 RAF US pilots from Classic publication is this notice : poor old G was sieved with bullets.I can only hope she burned before the Huns laid their rude hands on her.
From my view, this plane is L1679.
Faenor