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Hurricane R4185
The loss of 151 Sqn Hurricane R4185 (Sgt Winstanley) is a little confusing.
AIR81/3299 says 16/9/40
The AM78 also says 16/9/40
The 151 Sqn Summary of Events (AIR 27/1018/31) records the incident as 17/9/40
The 151 Sqn Records of Events (AIR 27/1018/32) seems to indicates 16/9/40, but at some stage someone has pencilled-in "17/9/40?" against some of the blocks of entries. This is not as strange as it sounds, as the entries for the period 2300 hrs 15/9/40 to 2300 hrs 16/9/40 jump all over the place timewise. There are no apparent entries for 17/9/40 except for a small block of four flights which have clearly been added afterwards.
The next entry is for 2300 hrs 17/9/40 (17 has been written over 16) to 2300 hrs 18/9/40.
It seems that whoever was compiling this document got themselves a bit confused over dates!
Can anyone offer anything else that might help to solve this? Winstanley crashed at 1800 while chasing a He111. The squadron was flying from RAF Digby at the time.
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19th February 2024, 17:34
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