Pictures and history of Hurricane IIc BE704?

[AndreasB]

Originally Posted by AndyMa

The problem with BG764 is that the dates don't fit.
As already mentioned, the AM78 records BG764 as SOC FB 6.4.42.
It can't therefore have been flying in June 1942....

Let me just say:

BINGO!

Proof that BG764 a/c W was flying in June 1942 and that she was a IIb



All the best

Andreas

[Stig Jarlevik]

Our friend Geoffrey Sinclair has the following to add

Malta The Spitfire Year gives the lost on ground list reported in
message 20. From the Form 78, signals reporting loss
Z3757 agree 6 Apr 42, Q601
BE349 Administratively SOC 1 Jan 47
BE351 agree 6 Apr 42, Q630
BG698 agree 6 Apr 42, Q601
BG764 agree 6 Apr 42, Q601 but flew out of Takoradi early April

Two other Hurricane losses,
BE402 Malta 6 Apr 42, Q601
BM964 Malta 6 Apr 42, Q601
The "Q601 & Q630" appear to be the ID of the signals reporting the loss.

Geoffrey Sinclair

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by AndreasB

Let me just say:

Proof that BG764 a/c W was flying in June 1942 and that she was a IIb

All the best

Andreas

The pilot seems to have been Capt P C R Metlerkamp who would become the CO 4 July 1942
only to loose his life on 13 Dec that year.

Looks like the RAF struck the aircraft from their own books when it was handed over to the SAAF

B Rgds
Stig

[AndreasB]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

The pilot seems to have been Capt P C R Metlerkamp who would become the CO 4 July 1942
only to loose his life on 13 Dec that year.

Looks like the RAF struck the aircraft from their own books when it was handed over to the SAAF

B Rgds
Stig

Yes in this case it was Capt. Metelerkamp. BG764 pops up a few times in reports, various pilots, until at the end of July it is reported returning from a sortie 'badly holed' and listed as Cat. II damage. I'm guessing nobody felt the need to spend much time on the airframe after that.

All the best

Andreas