Hurricane P3888

[alex crawford]

Hi,

I'm working on a listing of all aircraft that have crashed in Fife, Scotland. At the moment I have just under 300 incidents raging from 1921 to 2006.

I have a 56 OTU Hurricane P3888 as having crashed near Ladybank after hitting HT wires on 11th July 1943. On looking through the 'net for further info I find that this same Hurricane was reported as having been lost through a coliision while with 310 Sqn on 9th September 1940.

My info comes from Air Britain serials P1000-P9999.

Any idea if there has been a serial mix up somewhere? P3887 and P3889 also served with 310 Sqn but they were lost in August and October respectively.

Regards,

Alex

[Tuck257]

I have this aircraft as follows
111 squ, 13/8/40, Returned damaged from combat over North Kent, Sgt J.T. Craig, unhurt

312 squ, DU- O, ?/8/40, Duxford

310 squ, 9/9/40, Duxford, Collided with R4084 in combat, lost control and hit a Do215 or pos a Bf110, crashed in Woodmanstern Lane, Repairable, F/O J.E. Boulton, Killed.

56 OTU, 19/8/41, Sutton Bridge, Incident at base, P/O A.C. Marchbanks, unhurt.

56 OTU, 30/10/41, Sutton Bridge, Wiped undercarriage off in heavy landing,
P/O ? McKillop, unhurt

56 OTU, 11/7/42, Write-off, Flew into cables, Pilot;- ?

[alex crawford]

Hi Tuck,

Thanks for the history of the Hurricane. I had assumed that after the collision and the loss of the pilot the aircraft was a write off. But as you have shown it was repaired and went on to serve for almost another 3 years.

I don't as yet have a pilot for its final flight on 11/07/43.

Alex

[Alan Clark]

Sergeant Mervyn Cyril Barnes RAAF 405566, is recorded by the No.56 OTU ORB, he was in formation with another aircraft (serial unrecorded) piloted by Sergeant C.F. Bryan RNZAF 411366.

[alex crawford]

Hi Alan,

Thanks for the pilot details, much appreciated.

Excellent website by the way. Keep up the great work. I may try and do something similar with the info I get on the Fife crash sites.

Alex