eBay: Allied intrest

[edwest2]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/394728184870...oAAOSwHbpkqAiK
https://www.ebay.de/itm/394728184514...sAAOSwWtFkqAjs
https://www.ebay.de/itm/394728184469...MAAOSwjtRkqAh7

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by edwest2

https://www.ebay.de/itm/374798431876...Bk9SR7bl-ZemYg

MH425 129Sq after crash 22.12.1943??
Stig

[Alex Smart]

Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

MH425 129Sq after crash 22.12.1943??
Stig

Anyone have serial number of the "JX⊙U" in the background ?

[Col Bruggy]

Originally Posted by Alex Smart

Anyone have serial number of the "JX⊙U" in the background ?

Hello,

22/12/1943
No.1 Sqn RAF
Typhoon IB JP961:JX-U (Blue 4)

Ramrod to "NOBALL" site, St. Pol area. Pilot called for a homing after last being seen near Edineaux, but nothing heard since then. Reportedly hit by flak. Wyatt sustained injuries to his elbow.

AUS405166 W/O (Pilot) Frederick John WYATT RAAF - POW. (later MiD LG:31/1/1947).

See:
In Enemy Hands - Revealing true stories behind wartime Allied aircraft losses.
Philpott, Bryan.
Cambridge:Patrick Stephens Ltd.,1981.
pp.15-16

See also: FCL2/Franks/p.138.

and ...

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/media/typhoon-jp961.5077/

Col.

[Alex Smart]

Thanks Col, , have a good weekend

[Bertrand H]

thanks Ed

2732_1 : 555 GC II/2, 4ème esc. Rouen 08/06/1940 with Lt F. Dalezal (Cz)

[Stig Jarlevik]

Originally Posted by Bertrand H

thanks Ed

2732_1 : 555 GC II/2, 4ème esc. Rouen 08/06/1940 with Lt F. Dalezal (Cz)

Are you 100% sure?
I have a downloaded photo of No 555 looking very different. Right wing sticking up. Much more burned out and the fin smashed.
B Rgds
Stig

[Bertrand H]

Falcon's eye : Yes you are right Stig could be another one or just put elsewhere on the A/f..

[Stig Jarlevik]

Bertrand went through the "culprits" No 550 - 559 in an e-mail to me. Initially No 558 seemed a very good
candidate but a photo supplied by him does not entirely fit, so there is still another candidate in his list,
No 557

Tricky this one.....
What do you think Bertrand?

Cheers
Stig

[Alex Smart]

Re post 2731.
https://www.ebay.de/itm/374798431570...Bk9SR4zN0JemYg

I am puzzled about this photograph.

FAA Aircraft 1939 to 1945 has photo on page 291 of an Avenger showing the starboard side coded "K-IB" ( so Port side would most likely be " IB-K" ).
Caption suggests the aircraft was with 756 Sqdn FAA at Katukurunda ( HMS Ukussa ), Ceylon.

However , other sources suggest the photo of "K-IB" shows an Avenger of 832 Sqdn FAA , on line there is a colour profile of "IB-K" (Port side), JZ512 which says the aircraft served with 832 Sqd FAA.

But I found that the code "IB" was used by 738 Sqdn while in the USA, an example is "IB-A", JZ183.

So is the photo of "IB-M" showing an aircraft of 738 Sqdn, 756 Sqdn or 832 Sqdn ???

Serial number could be an American number or in the "FN" or "JZ" range.Doubtful if the serial number of "IB-M" can be discovered But it can just be made out in the photo to start with "FN.

Thanks
Alex