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Thanks Stig,


I like your reasoning. Absent any countervailing evidence C2986 seems the likely candidate. I've just checked an AB publication and AAP equals Aircraft Acceptance Park. I wonder if its possible to deduce whether 5 Squadron received its aircraft from 1 AAP? Were they geographically close?



I'm equally curious but what is the point in having more than one Baroda No.15? or of course any other duplications. Was it to replace earlier lost examples of presentation aircraft of the same name perhaps? I'll have to check the AB site myself in a moment and see if A3704 & C2252 were lost.


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Having just checked AB for the serials A3704 was lost, so that fits, but if 1 AAP was the first destination for C2986 and the date given was 01.12.1918 that rules out C2986 too as on the back of the photo the date is September, so perhaps C2252 after all?


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Scratch that. No reason to suppose C2252 ever served with 5 Squadron.




Regards,


Clint