1426 captured enemy aircraft flight

[alex crawford]

Hi,

Does anyone have any information on 1426 Captured Enemy Aircraft Flight? I think it may have been part of the Air Fighting Development Unit based at Duxford.

I've tried the NA but can't seem to find any docs on this unit.

Any help would be appreciated.

Alex

[Amrit1]

Alex,

these articles may be a start:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...02/ai_n9204393
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/pl...ndworldwar.htm
http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil...rtechintel.htm

I shall have look in "War Prizes" tomorrow to see what info is contained in there.

And this is an example of one of the aircraft they tested:

http://www.caa.co.uk/aandocs/22658/22658000000.pdf

Hope this helps

A

[niallc]

Alex

The ORB for 1426 Flight is at The National Archives within piece reference AIR 29/868.

HTH
Niall

[Leendert]

Alex,

You may want to read www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/82/a8404382.shtml as well.

Cheers,

Leendert

[JP Vieira]

Those links are very useful thank you: i too have a great interest in the subject of captured aircrafts.

[alex crawford]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies and various links.

Alex