![]() |
|
|||||||
| Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the German Luftwaffe and the Air Forces of its Allies. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#6
|
|||
|
|||
|
Re: Photos 8-1-05-First Luftwaffe Captured Spitfire I
The picture of ZD*A,P9317, ex-222 Sq.,captured June 1,1940 is a great picture of first captured flyable Spitfire. This plane was flown by PO H.E.L. Falkhurst who landed this plane on June 1,1940 during the battle of Dunkirk.
It was probably later tested at Rechlin under the code 2+1. According to Alfred Price, the Luftwaffe had captured four flyable or repairable Spitfires by the beginning of the Battle of Britain: Possible candidates: (1) Spitfire I , P9317, 222 Sq, captured 6-1-40. (2) Spitfire PRIB, P9331, 212 Sq, captured after fall of FRance (3) Spitfire I , K????, 54 Sq, captured May 23,1940 (4) so-called French Spitfire (1 export version of Spitfire I) captured in damaged condition after fall of France. |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| photos of NANTES Flugplatz during WW2 | GOFRIDUS | Wanted | 0 | 14th October 2005 10:03 |
| Photos required | alex crawford | Wanted | 0 | 19th September 2005 17:29 |
| Looking for photos of ARR Hurricanes | Mirek Wawrzynski | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 0 | 12th May 2005 08:56 |
| Photos + Part Two 3-3-05 | edwest | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 7 | 7th March 2005 20:14 |
| Eric Mombeek's Eismeerjäger Vol. 2 | Kjetil Aakra | Books and Magazines | 1 | 2nd February 2005 20:00 |