Newly discovered photo of Paddy Finucane's Spitfire

[spotter]

Has anyone any idea of Finucane's aircraft numbers etc. during the Battle of Britain (when he was with 65 Sqn)?

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[DaveFleming]

Resurrecting an old thread, but I was doing some googling and found it.

Dugald Cameron's book on 602 lists BL822 as having been attached to the squadron - no dates or anything (unlike the other aircraft) and Spitfire the History doesn't mention it as having a 602 connection, but it could be a candidate for the aircraft in the pic.

[Flavio]

Originally Posted by DaveFleming

Resurrecting an old thread, but I was doing some googling and found it.

Dugald Cameron's book on 602 lists BL822 as having been attached to the squadron - no dates or anything (unlike the other aircraft) and Spitfire the History doesn't mention it as having a 602 connection, but it could be a candidate for the aircraft in the pic.

According to Finucane's logbook, he flew BL822 only once, on 19 March ’42, for a 10 minuts cannon test; probably this test was not successful so Finucane chose a different Spitfire (BM124) as personal.

Flavio