Crashed Spitfire photo identification No.611 Sqd

[Alex Smart]

Hello Andy,
Thank you for the heads up re Voytech's post , I overlooked it.
From the list I placed in an earlier post, (now corrected and serials added ) If the Presentation a/c are left off then we have the following a/c-pilots left.
P7774 IIa - Pennings - 28-4-41 - In sea ?
R7209 Va - Pollard - 22-6-41
R7349 Vb - Buys - 24-6-41
R7277 Va - Feeley - 8-7-41 - NKG
W3325 Vb - Johnston - 9-7-41
P8539 Vb - Hemingway -10-7-41 - NKG
P8581 Vb - Dexter - 14-7-41
W3257 Vb - Lock - 3-8-41 - NKG
W3567 Vb - Lamb - 16-8-41 - In sea -NKG
W3227 Vb - Roper-Bosch - 21-10-41 - In sea
W3515 Vb - Smith - 21-10-41 - In sea - NKG

Of the above the following were
Penning - Dutch
Buys - Dutch
Feeley - RNZAF
Dexter - South African
Could the sleeve insignia have some reference to these men ? For example did the Dutch aircrew wear the Orange triangle marking on their sleeves and if so did it matter which way up it was ?

Also with regard to the a/c camouflage pattern, can it be cleared up if it is "A" or "B" pattern ? and would this be the reason also that the "FY" is aft on the fuselage side rather than forward was that the general practice ?

Only Pennings above has an even number.

All for now
Alex

[VoyTech]

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

Also with regard to the a/c camouflage pattern, can it be cleared up if it is "A" or "B" pattern ? and would this be the reason also that the "FY" is aft on the fuselage side rather than forward was that the general practice ?
Only Pennings above has an even number.

Not sure what you mean. IIRC all Mk Vs were built after the 'B' pattern was dropped, so they were all 'A' pattern by default.
Also, I don't think Dutch airmen wore any nationality ID on their sleeves other than the regulation shoulder patch.