Fate of Spit I N3197

[CJE]

Recorded as lost in operations in Morgan/Shacklady on June 5th, 1940, its loss doesn't appear in Norman Franks' "Fighter Command Losses".
Any clue of what happened?
Thanks in advance.

Chris

[paulmcmillan]

Air Britain Mark 1 Production List has

266 Sqn, shot down by Bf109's over Dunkerque, 2.6.40.


Sorry no pilot listing

PS. There is a photo of it with 266 Sqn coded UO-S


Pilot was P/O J. W. B. Stevenson missing

[CJE]

Thanks Paul.

[Peglar]

Dear Paul, i got a few old JG 2 Fotos with Egon Mayer, maybe 1941, and one of his downed Spitfire FT-A, can we find out the Pilot ?

Greetings Peglar

[Peglar]

Here is one of the Fotos.

Greetings peglar

[VoyTech]

Are you sure it's FT-A? Or FY-A, perhaps?

[Fairlop]

Hi,

It is Spitfire VB. The code letters should be FY for 611 Sqn. FT was code for 43 Sqn what used Hurricanes, and moved to North Africa in 1942.
Interesting picture(s).

Michal

[SteveB]

It is with some trepidation that I tip toe into this discussion but I have had a fairly serious look at this photo and I have to say I cannot see any evidence of a code letter that might be 'F', 'T' or 'Y'. The paintwork I can see behind the German personnel looks to me like a vertical part of a letter such as 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L' or possibly 'U'?

Awaiting howls of derision....

Steve

[Peglar]

Sorry it is FY A - my mistake - here is a better one, maybe the Fotos are from two different crashes. Pilot under his chute is another one. Greetings peglar