1./NAGr 13

[POLSA230]

They are not the same as British codes but are factory codes allotted by the manufacturer. The tactical code of White 8/9 would have been allocated by 1/NAG 13. The Wk Nr is a unique serial number allotted by the manufacturer

Chris. I bow to such knowledge, thank you for the reply.

[brewerjerry]

Hi All,
As I understand it,

On the 21st 193 and 266 Squadrons made a sweep of some Luftwaffe Airfields in France, as the formation approached Lannion Airfield from the south at a height of about 100 ft, S/Ldr Levefre of 266 Squadron, who was leading the formation, saw two ME-109's approaching the airfield apparently coming in to land.
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F/Lt Cassie and F/O Inglis of 193 Squadron to attack the right hand aircraft ,F/Lt Cassie attacked first firing short bursts which hit the enemy aircraft , its undercarriage came down, after it made a tight turn around a tall building trying to avoid the attacking Typhoons, F/O Inglis then attacked, the ME-109 pilot jettisoned his hood, but almost immediately there was an explosion and the ME-109G dived down into the ground next to a church pond about 6-8 miles east of the airfield,

this was :-
Gregoritsch Franz-Paul, Oberfähnrich, 21-01-1944, Near Morlaix Airfield,
Bf 109G-6 / R-2, Wnr 410257, white 8+


' S/Ldr Levefre attacked the other enemy aircraft and saw many strikes, the ME-109G continued to approach the runway without taking any evasive action and hit the airfield perimeter track and exploded'

this was :-

Heber Fritz, Oberleutnant, 21-01-1944 Morlaix Airfield,
Bf 109G-8, WNr. 20680, white 12+


Thanks for the info that this was a non-op flight,this I did not know, likewise,I did not know the factory codes until now.

193Sq & 266Sq were based at RAF Harrowbeer.

cheers
jerry