80 Sqn Hurricanes 1941/42 photos

[Kari Lumppio]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

I have photos of wreckage/captured Hurricanes at Maleme and Athens reputed to be from 80 Sqn but guess this is too early

Hello Chris, Franek and others!

A while ago I asked about Roald Dahl and his Hurricanes in thread:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...ight=roal+dahl

I wonder if among the photos you mention are any of Hurricane V7826 which Dahl flew and claimed with? This if for model building purposes. Actually I am most interested to know if the Hurricane had the so called "spaghetti camouflage" or not. If not then the scheme is pretty straightforward.

BTW at the ARC forum there is also posted some photos of 80 sqn Hurricanes in Greece: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/...owtopic=101583

In Australian War Memorial there is one photo of 80 sqn Hurricanes in Palestine, but it is wrong period for Franek and not much can be gleaned out from it. Direct link to the photo (hopefully):
http://cas.awm.gov.au/TST2/cas_disp_...s_level=Public

Photo ID number 128173. caption: "PALESTINE. 1941-06. AN AIRFIELD WITH HURRICANES FROM NO. 80 SQUADRON, RAF, FROM WHICH WERE DRAWN THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN TO CYPRUS BY PILOTS OF NO. 3 SQUADRON, RAAF, TO BLOCK ANY ATTEMPT TO REINFORCE THE FRENCH SYRIAN GARRISON BY AIR."


Regards,
Kari