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Re: Albacore at Agnone, Sicily
Doug
What you are looking at is the one digit prefix used by many FAA units during the war.
Unfortunately these units are not included in the Air Britain book appendices, BUT they are included under the
units themselves. So I did a list of my own based upon that.
The digit 4 followed by the individual's letter was used by many Albacore units, and by Sep 1943 those who
stick out are 822Sq and possibly 831Sq
822Sq is reported to have dropped their Albacores in Aug 1943 and 831 likewise in June 1943.
Some aircraft may have lingered on for a while.
Unfortunately none of the two units were anywhere near Sicily at the time in question.
If we look at the units listed by Doug
820Sq used the prefix digit 5 plus individual letter
828Sq also used the prefix digit 5
All relevant units mentioned by Harrison in the Albacore book also used the 5 digit prefix.
How written in stone is it that the photo was really taken
a) at Sicily?
b) the date quoted?
Cheers
Stig
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