Need ID on wreck of Fairey Battle “M” crashed near village during Western Campaign of May-June 1940

[Martin Gleeson]

Alex,

I am glad you have found these portions of the serial number on the above photos. I thought I could just make out '..35' in another photo of the right-hand side of the Battle but it was very faint.
If '35' is correct for the last two digits then it can only be P2335 as you suggest. The other two Battles with serials ending in '35' that were lost during the campaign in France can be excluded because both were safely belly-landed, L5235 HA-W of 218 Squadron and P5235 JN-H of 150 Squadron. Many photos exist of these. I know of no photos to date of P2335 so this adds to the odds of this wreck ('M') being P2335.
However at this point I would caution against positively identifying these photos as P2335, rather say "possibly P2335". What 'evidence' we do have is just not clear enough.
Hopefully more and clearer photos will emerge in due course.

Regards,

Martin.