Hello,
Have checked the Air Britain RAF serial number books and have found what may not have been picked up before -
BG731 may well be a typo,I think it should have read BG741.
BG791 is recorded as To Russia ?
V7103 perhaps should be V7708 ?
Z2068 may be a Firefly but could not find it ?
Z2256 should be a Boston III.
Z2930 is recorded as To Russia ?
Z2934 ?
Z2941/D ?
Z3418 ?
Z3517 is recorded as lost at sea end route to Russia. Perhaps it should have read Z3515 ?
BN283 is recorded as 1 SAAF To Russia.
So I think that of the remaining serials listed in the book the following may be of the 43 Hurricane's of "Rocket"
1 - DG612(P3756).
2 - DG615(P3068).
3 - DG618(L1596).
4 - BG741 as BG731 seems an error.
5 - BV173.
6 - V7708 as V7103 seems an error.
7 - V7797.
8 - Z2397.
9 - Z2418.
10 - Z2480.
11 - Z2481.
12 - Z2491.
13 - Z2593.
14 - Z2815.
15 - Z2827.
16 - Z2981.
17 - Z2982.
18 - Z3034.
19 - Z3055.
20 - Z3158.
21 - Z3456.
22 - Z3498.
23 - Z3515 as Z3517 seems an error.
24 - Z3764.
25 - Z3984.
26 - Z4011.
27 - Z5118.
28 - Z2481.
29 - Z2982.
30 - Z4005.
31 - BE555.
32 - BE636.
33 - BE708.
34 - BM964.
35 - BN118.
36 - BN120.
37 - BN122.
38 - BN123.
39 - BN124.
40 - BN142.
41- BN181.
42 - BN182.
43 - BN278.
44 - BN362.
So one more than 43.
Perhaps some of the above can be dismissed also as incorrect ?
What we now need to know is which a/c was on which ship(only two to chose from
).
Over to you and thanks for reawakening this thread.
Alex