Hurricane/Battle pics ebay

[markjsheppard]

oops, sorry wrong area - should be on Allied side really.

[markjsheppard]

Also dies not seem to tie in

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Frankreich-Fl...item58a0eb6adf

Type: Hurricane Mk. I
Serial number: P2813, TP-?
Operation: ?
Lost: 14/05/1940
Pilot Officer (Pilot) Valcourt D.M. Roe, RAF 42530, 73 Sqdn., age 28, 14/05/1940, Choloy War Cemetery, F
Shot down in combat with Me 109's near Namur (Namen), Belgium.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Interesting Hurricane Mark

Just wonder from where you have your details regarding P2813?
They don't fit neither Jim Halley's RAF P1000-P9999 monograph nor Peter Cornwell's BoF then and now.

Has anything changed since then or do you base what you say on old information? The aircraft was damaged in combat and when returning to Reims crashed and burned. It does not look very repairable so in spite of that statement by Peter, everything else fits quite well.

According to Peter, Roe was killed in P2812.

B Rgds
Stig

[markjsheppard]

Hi Stig,

just an internet search

http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/73_squadron.html

I was going to look at BofFT&N when I got home but it seems you answered the question. Still a nice pic.

regards

Mark

[Stig Jarlevik]

Indeed Mark

A remarkable photo in my opinion!
When I have the choice between the internet and a book I usually go for the book. In this case the site (which I am not familliar with) has consulted BoF the and now, so I don't know if it is a oversite or totally new information.
If it is, then it does not follow the aircraft's record card.

Cheers
Stig