ID of two Hurricanes down in France in 1940
I'm trying to get photos of two Hurricanes entered into a data base and I'd like to see if anyone has any further information on either:
1) QO*T probably down May or June, 1940. I know that this is a 3 Squadron A/C, but Peter Cornwell indicates that about 10 from that unit were lost under circumstances that could result in an intact crash-landed a/c during the French Campaign. Another photo of this a/c recently sold on eBay, leading me to believe that someone out there may have a photos showing the serial number, which isn't evident on the photo I'm working with.
2) The other is probably from either 1 or 73 SQ and contains only the letter "F" as the a/c code. On the back is written something like Blair- or Blain-Le H?avre 30.7.40. The "H" in Havre is not certain, looks more like a G to me. I know that this would be the date the photo was taken, not the date of loss, which was probably also during the 1940 French Campaign.
Has anyone got dates, locations, pilots or plane serial numbers to identify either of these photos? The lower two prop blades were bent on #1 and all three blades were bent on #2, indicating it may have bellied in at speed. Both of these photos are fairly rare for downed Hurricans in France, as they do not (yet) have all the fabric stripped off the fuselage.
Thanks for any assistance.
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