19 Sqn Losses

[Chris Goss]

Can anyone identify those 19 Sqn Spitfires lost in 1941 which ended in crash landings? Jock Cunningham on 28 Aug was one but what others as I have just obtained a photo which is clearly of a 19 Sqn ac with 3 German soldiers clambering over it

[SMF144]

I presume you mean "lost" on the other side?

[Chris Goss]

Indeed-lost means lost to the enemy in this case

[Leendert]

Chris,

Have you tried to browse the Spitfire production list? http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/_prodn%20list.txt

It's a bit of a task to do (use "19S" as search function) and you may find (all?) Spitfires of 19 Squadron lost in 1941 on this side of the Channel.

See e.g. P7547, P7693, P7771, P7813 and no doubt several more.

Regards,

Leendert

[Chris Goss]

I am about to do that-I was hoping for an easier option! An earlier post lists:

27-6-41 - Andrews - P7379
27-6-41 - Cowley - P7813
21-7-41 - Oxlin - P7547
21-7-42 - Tucker - P7890
07-8-41 - Plzak - P7771
12-8-41 - Calvert - P7693

Code looks like QV-P or R

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Way back in 2001 the losses of 19 Sqdn were discussed thread heading was "19 Sqn pilot killed 2 Nov 1941" by Jeff Carless. and "Spitfire 19 Sqn" (Dec 19 2001) by the late Henk Welting.
Cannot get it now from archive as does not go back that far.
A rough list from old paper work that I still have.
P7535 - 22-2-41 - Johnson.
????? - 23-2-41 - Cowley.
????? - 1-3-41 - Dutton.
P7617 - 24-3-41- Anderson.
P7429 - 24-3-41 - Charnock.
P7379 - 19-4-41 - MIA.
P7429 - 21-4-41 - ?
P7617 - 21-4-41 - ?
????? - 30-4-41 - Haines.
P7379 - 27-6-41 - Andrews.
P7813 - 27-6-41 - Cowley.
P8460 - 27-6-41 - Cox.
P7547 - 21-7-41 - Oxlin.
P7890 - 21-7-41 - Tucker.
P8579 - 21-7-41 - Brooker - Book has P7860 ?
P7425 - 31-7-41 - Howard - Crashed Albury, Herts.
P7924 - 7-8-41 - Milman.
P7771 - 7-8-41 - Plzak.
P7693 - 12-8-41 - Calvert.
R6897 - 26-8-41 - Burgoyne.
P7995 - 28-8-41 - Lawson.
P8439 - 28-8-41 - Cunningham.
P8243 - 29-8-41 - Stuart.
P8255 - 29-8-41 - Davies.
P8449 - 29-8-41 - Parkin.
P8668 - 29-8-41 - Edmunds.
P7887 - 4-9-41 - T/O ac, Pilot ?.
P8166 - 5-9-41 - Vokes doi 6-9-41.
P8277 - 5-9-41 - Moor.
P7971 - 12-10-41 - Hit trees landing, Pilot?
P8384 - 2-11-41 - Thiele.
AD500 -15-11-41 - Pilot ?

All for now
Alex

[Bertrand H]

Attachment 10641

Hi Chris,

One QV-F, P8255, Sgt Davies, KIA on 29/8/1941.

HTH,

Bertrand

[Chris Goss]

Thanks Bertrand. Not this one as the individual letter is much thicker

[Chris Goss]

As we are going nowhere for certain, this is the photo

[Bertrand H]

Chris,

It is QV F (P8255)

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