Re: 812 sqn Swordfishes in the Petsamo raid?
Hello!
Thank you Graham. If I got it right there is now three "good" code/letter pairs for Petsamo raid Swordfishes. All three letter codes are also supported by the attack map shown at the Britmodeller thread:
P4380 / G
P4277 / C
L7644 / H
Of these L7644 was with 812 sqn May to Sep 1941 and the other two were delivered just before the Petsamo raid?
"H" (L7644) seems to be the only one which achieved hit with it's torpedo (No 2 pier/jetty). No 4 Quay was target for "C" and No 1 Quay for "G" and neither of these quays are reported damaged.
As far as I am concerned the code (markings) question has been solved satisfactorily even if some detail questions remain. But all new pieces of information are welcome.
Thanks again,
Kari
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