Re: RAF airplane "Punjab No. 37 Chambra"
Leendert
With the collected evidence, yes it must be Camel C8357.
It was reported to be in France on 18.1.1919 (no unit listed) and crashed 19.3.1919, still in France, when in use by HQ Comm Sqd.
Standard procedure in WW 1 was that an aircraft kept its gift's name until SOC for whatever reason. If the situation warranted it, a new aircraft received the same name even if no payment had actually been done. It was a sort of honorary procedure.
So if the date was Jan 1919, yes it must have been C8357
Cheers
Stig
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