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[Col Bruggy]

Originally Posted by Snautzer

1. RAF 601 Squadron Pilots April 1942 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RAF-601-Squ...gAAOSwZuRZ2oqx
2. RAF 603 Squadron Pilots April 1942 https://www.ebay.com/itm/RAF-603-Squ...IAAOSwAj5Z2oqu
3. First Batch of Lend-Lease F4U Corsair Fighters for the Royal Navy https://www.ebay.com/itm/First-Batch...EAAOSwB4BaEfeF

Hello,

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JT108 "7C"

70 Chance Vought F4U-1 Corsair I ordered under contract No.a(S)198 & requisition No.N-2, and numbered JT100 to JT169. BuAer Nos.18122 to 18191. 'Birdcage-type' canopy. (2,000hp Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp R-2800-8)

JT108

Delivered Roosevelt Field 16.5.43.
1835 Sqn Quonset Point .8.43 - 11.43.
732 Sqn Brunswick .1.44
Port oleo snapped when landing with unlocked tailwheel, Cat X1 20.5.44 (S/L W A Hardy).
Reverse Lease-Lend as Bu18130.
USNAS Norfolk 8.45.

See:
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945
Sturtivant,Ray with Mick Burrow
Tunbridge Wells:Air-Britain,1995.
p.450

Col.

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Col Bruggy

Hello,

3/.

JT108 "7C"

Delivered Roosevelt Field 16.5.43.
1835 Sqn Quonset Point .8.43 - 11.43.
732 Sqn Brunswick .1.44
Port oleo snapped when landing with unlocked tailwheel, Cat X1 20.5.44 (S/L W A Hardy).
Reverse Lease-Lend as Bu18130.
USNAS Norfolk 8.45.

See:
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945
Sturtivant,Ray with Mick Burrow
Tunbridge Wells:Air-Britain,1995.
p.450

Col.

Col

I am pretty certain that this Corsair I (and others) were initially delivered to 1830 Sq which arrived to Quonset Point two months ahead of 1835 Sq. Quonset Point must have been a total beehive with RN Corsair Squadrons moving in to get converted to the type during a couple of months.
I checked the Air Britain's The Squadrons and Units of the FAA and made a list of the single digit coded Squadrons (not in the Appendices, you need look them up in each Squadron). 1830 Sq used the digit 7 while 1835 Sq used the digit 5. 1830 Sq only used the Corsair I between June and August and when 1835 Sq arrived in August 1943 at least JT108 was handed over them.

If you or anyone else would be interested in my single digit list, please send me a PM with your e-mail and I will send it over. No need for anyone else to do the same job all over again.

If you don't have this AB book, I can just say buy it, it is an excellent update of Ray Sturtivant's previous book and worth every penny!!

Cheers
Stig