Martin I think the number I was given through a friend with a connection to the RAF Historical section is a typo as the plane was written off. so must have actually been P9443.
I can send photos if you like.
Howard
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Originally Posted by Martin Gleeson
Hello Howard,
the reason I am so interested in his aircraft on 30 August 1940 is because primary (22 Sqn. ORB and the AIR 81 casualty file) and published sources record his Spitfire serial number as P9443. However this aircraft was a write-off because of the damage it suffered this day.
According to the same sources P9375 was supposed to have been the mount of P/O Carpenter (also 222 Sqn.) this same day. Carpenter baled out but actually P9375 was repaired, later returned to 222 Sqn. and flew with an OTU into 1941.
I think Carpenter baled out of P9443 (total loss) and Matheson crash-landed in P9375 (repaired).
Do the photos show a serial number or individual letter on the fuselage side ? How damaged does the Spitfire appear ?
Regards,
Martin.
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