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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Take-off of 65 Sqn's Mustangs at Peterhead. Nearest is KH822. Later in 122 Sqn KH822 was flown by F/Lt C.T. Kingsborough-Cody on 13 May 45 (covering naval forces to Norway), and diverted to Banff. |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Have quite a bit on both as they escorted the Banff and Dallachy Strike Wings interviews, copies of log books along with a few images.
Regards Andy Bird |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Wow! Many Thanks Zoran Petek absolutely Wonderful!
Excellent Image of Mustangs with 108 Gal Paper Drop Tanks!. Much Appriciated Thankyou! Keith |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Hello Andy,
Well I am using Gordons Log Book as a guide and until very recently had no images at all of 122sqn or 65sqn Mustang MkIVa,s so am very light on the image front? I do have a few 122Sqn Mustang MkIII,s Images that If wanted I can send to you in exchange? Especially looking for any Images of: 65sqn YT-F (Not the one that went in at sweden circa April 1945) 122Sqn MT*M,MT*X,MT*Y,MT*V,MT*Z,MT*T & MT*K Also any of W/Cdr Peter Wickhams Mustang marked PW Very many thanks! Keith. |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Keith
I think you sent me a personal message but I seem to have contrived to lose it...not sure how? Can you send the message again. Zoran I am sorry to say I think the artwork of MT*M is fiction. It is correct that KH642 was YT*M but there is no evidence that it went to 122 Sqn. KH642/YTM was involved in a forced landing at Peterhead on 16/4/45 and it was five months before it came back from repair. I have got one Logbook entry that indicates that KH822 was YT*G which does seem to fit the shape we can see. When squadrons swapped all their aircraft in the way that 65 and 122 Sqns did it is pretty common for all the aircraft to retain the same code letter and the new owners changed or simply modified the squadron codes. Steve |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Many Thanks Steve for the Info, real shame about the artwork for MT*M being incorrect though As they say one step forward two steps back!
Will re-send PM Best Regards Keith |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
"A P-51 Mustang (QV-J, serial number KM193) of No. 19 Squadron, RAF takes off at Peterhead, flown by Squadron Leader Peter Hearne, 20 April 1945." KM193 QV-J of 19 Sqn was first flown by S/Ldr Hearne in April 45, and also on the one of two last 19 Sqn's missions of the war, escort of Banff Strike Wing to Kattegat on 4 May 45 and landed at 18.15 hrs. In the meantime No.122 Sqn arrived to Peterhead by train on the afternoon of 2 May 45, and 19 Sqn finally moved from Peterhead to Acklington with 18 Mustangs on 23 May 45. Mustang squadrons at Peterhead, at one time or another, were Nos. 19, 65, 122, 234, 309, 315 and 611. Mk IV/IVA Camouflage Schemes, Three patterns: a) one as prescribed in the Technical Order (known as "TO" scheme"), b) natural metal aircraft later repainted before delivery to units ("Loop" scheme), c) scheme applied only by 159 MU in the Med to approx 20 Mustangs ("Firewall" scheme). Also only in the Med Dark Earth was reported as used instead of Dark Grey on some early Mustang IIIs (249 Sqn, probably also 260 Sqn). 19 Sqn, Mustang IV/IVA: KH655 Mk.IV QV-P, camo. Shown with both yellow/black and blue/white nose stripes. SOC 12.11.46. KH658 Mk.IV SOC 22.1.47. KH661 Mk.IV SOC 18.2.46. KH664 Mk.IV QV-K Flew into high ground near Berwick 20.6.45. KH674 Mk.IVA Lost 4.5.45. Collided with KH818 during escort and crashed off Denmark. KH684 Mk.IV SOC 14.3.46. KH698 Mk.IVA QV-Q SOC 26.6.47. KH737 KH739 KH742 QV-A KH756 QV-B KH761 QV-T KH778 KH818 QV-F, nat. metal. Lost 4.5.45. KH847 QV-U KH858 KH867 QV-S KM108 KM118 QV-X, nat. metal, blue/white nose. KM123 KM137 Lost 5.4.45. KM152 QV-W KM155 QV-V KM178 KM193 QV-J, nat. metal KM200 QV-P or R KM225 KM254 KM272 QV-Y, QV-V Dooleybird, nat. metal, blue/white nose. 19 Sqn flew with 65 Sqn on 2 May 45 and despatched three sections: Green F/L Schrreff KH742 F/L Weighill KM108 F/L Maynard KH858 P/O Sparkes KH778 Tonic W/C Wickham (listed as 65 Sqn, probably his personal 'PW') F/L Doley (no serial in orb) F/L Davidson KH818 F/S Edwards KH674 White S/L Hearns KM193 F/O May KH867 F/L Clayton KH847 F/L Yearwood 12oclockforum's user Delmenhorst made the following list of Coastal Command Strike Wings ops on May 4 1945: Banff Strike Wing No. 143 Squadron Mosquito VI Y W/Cdr. C N Foxley-Norris & F/O P J Tuhill Mosquito VI A F/Sgt. J V Collier & F/Sgt. R R Gardner Mosquito VI H F/Lt. H Graham & F/Sgt. L S Malkin Mosquito VI V F/O G G Symons & F/Sgt. L W Flintham Mosquito VI R S/Ldr. A G Deck & W/O P B McGregor Mosquito VI F F/Lt. E O Walsh & F/Sgt. E G Coker Mosquito VI N F/Lt. M Crocker & F/O R F Simmons Mosquito VI D S/Ldr. D C Pritchard & F/O A G Silcock Mosquito VI K S/Ldr. A G Sincott & F/O R J Webster Mosquito VI J F/Sgt. L R H Wigg & F/Sgt. R H Hawkins Mosquito VI T F/Lt. J Keohane & P/O A Fielding Mosquito VI Z F/Sgt. G W Shewry & F/Sgt. J E Hornby Mosquito VI Q F/Lt. P L C Bradshaw & F/O B E Rose No. 248 Squadron Mosquito VI F W/Cdr. Jackson-Smith, DFC & F/Lt. E Gittens, DFC Mosquito VI B F/O A E J Burrows & F/O H Nicholson Mosquito VI H F/O S C Price & F/Sgt. W OBrien Mosquito VI P F/Lt. L H Milsom & F/O R Holmes Mosquito VI N F/Lt. R D Luckwell & F/Lt. M L Coulstock Mosquito VI V S/Ldr. H H K Gunnis, DFC & F/O J M McCabe Mosquito VI S F/Lt. J G Cooper & F/Lt. G L P Palombi Mosquito VI Z F/Lt. G N E Yeates, DFC & F/Lt. T C SCott, DFC Mosquito VI M Sgt. R E D Kelly & F/Sgt. J J Gallacher No. 404 Squadron Mosquito VI X W/Cdr. M Pierce & P/O M H Michael Mosquito VI Q F/Lt. J A Hill & F/O L M Williams Mosquito VI D F/Lt. J A Stewart & F/O A A Johnston Mosquito VI A F/Lt. J R Hughes, DFC & Bar & F/O W A S Wade Mosquito VI M F/O W R Ramsden & P/O R Rumble Mosquito VI L F/O D A Catrano & F/Lt. E A Ford Mosquito VI C F/O A C Gibbard & F/O N M Burns No. 235 Squadron Mosquito VI R S/Ldr. J R Barry & F/O A Lloyd Mosquito VI Z F/Lt. A J C Proctor & F/Lt. J W D Thomas Mosquito VI L W/O A S Shimmin, DFC & F/O J F Lettington Mosquito VI W F/Lt. D K Thorburn, DFC & W/O L W R Crocker Mosquito VI B F/Lt. J D Taylor, DFC & W/O E H Wilkinson Mosquito VI J F/Lt. G R Mayhew, DFC & F/O S W Farrow Mosquito VI A F/O W Moffatt, DFC & F/Lt. C Hardy Mosquito VI D W/O C A Cogswell & F/Sgt. E C Brown No. 333 Squadron Mosquito VI H Maj H Wenger & Sgt. H Hansen Mosquito VI K Mosquito VI F Mosquito VI R Escort Banff Strike Wing No. 19 Squadron Mustang KM163 S/Ldr. Hearne (a typo, should be KM193) Mustang KM698 W/O Wright Mustang KH818 F/Lt. Davidson Mustang KH674 P/O Natta Mustang KM272 F/O Schofield Mustang KH655 F/Lt. Yearwood No. 234 Squadron Mustang KM279 S/Ldr. Steib Mustang KH863 F/Sgt. Bourne Mustang KM128 F/Lt. Cooper Mustang KM125 W/O McCosker Mustang KM305 P/O Farmiloe Mustang KM203 F/Sgt. Harrell Mustang KH696 F/Sgt. Robertson Mustang KH843 F/Lt. Stein Mustang KH860 P/O Beller Mustang KH857 W/O Steedman Mustang KH707 F/O Hooker Mustang KM103 F/Sgt. Stewart North Coates Strike Wing No. 254 Squadron Mosquito XVIII W F/Lt. A V Gendebien & F/Lt. S E Drinkwater Beaufighter X H F/Lt. G H Webb & P/O I Cay Beaufighter X J W/O C E Wright & W/O R Balfour Beaufigther X C F/Sgt. P C Sharman & F/Sgt. G T Cordon Beuafighter X F F/O B V Ekbery & W/O R M Thomas Beaufighter X K F/Sgt. J McHutchen & F/Sgt. A Caldwell Beaufighter X Q F/Sgt. G Taylor & F/Sgt. A H Brown Beaufighter X A F/Lt. T F Leaver-Power & F/Lt. A Musto Beaufighter X Z W/O W Grant & F/Sgt. W Taylor Beaufighter X M F/O E A Mills & F/O C A Hurst Beaufighter X T W/O J T Madsen & F/Sgt. W C Duncombe No. 236 Squadron Beaufighter X W S/Ldr. S R Hyland & F/O G F Barnes Beaufighter X C S/Ldr. T H Christie & F/O D R Irvine Beaufigther X E F/Lt. W H Fulton & F/O P E Crisp Beuafighter X R F/O A Thompson & F/Sgt. E S C Small Beaufighter X D F/O A S Ross & W/O K H Dowling Beaufighter X A F/O J H Benson & F/Sgt. K H Lilly Beaufighter X T F/Lt. J Chamberlain & F/Sgt. S W Shakespeare Beaufighter X F W/O F T Cornish & W/O L A W Bell Beaufighter X U W/O H Bennett & W/O P C Bardoe Beaufighter X E1 F/Sgt. D Montgomery & W/O J A Reeves Beaufighter X K F/Sgt. J N Fenton & F/Sgt. J Clarkson Beaufighter X Q1 W/O C M Sim & F/Sgt. J S Jefferies Escort North Coates No. 126 Squadron Mustang KH578 Major Austeen Mustang KH551 W/Cdr. Donnet Mustang KH438 F/Lt. Holmes Mustang KH502 F/O Rattray Mustang KH570 F/O King Mustang KH518 F/O Reid Mustang KH477 W/O Fincher Mustang KH563 F/O Kingsbury Mustang KH523 F/O Armour Mustang KH564 F/Lt. Thompson Mustang KH442 F/O Tunnadine Mustang KH521 F/O Wright Mustang KH566 F/Lt. Clarke Mustang KH448 F/Sgt. Day Mustang KH464 F/O Vullers Dallacy Strike Wing No. 254 Squadron Outriders Mosquito XVIII D F/O Hayton & F/O Vacher Mosquito XVIII B F/O Davis & W/O Buckley No. 455 Squadron Beaufighter TFX N W/O K J Newell & F/Sgt. M J Walsh Beaufighter TFX X F/Lt. A W Roper & F/Sgt. B Crean Beaufighter TFX H F/Sgt. E A Smith & W/O W A Hirst Beaufighter TFX P F/O W L Ives & W/O D G Frey Beaufighter TFX C F/O J MacDonald & F/Lt. W Bremner Beaufighter TFX Z F/O D R Cristofani & F/Sgt. W F A Waldock Beaufighter TFX Y F/O R H Penhall & F/O H E Blakers Beaufighter TFX B F/O C S Howard & F/O F H Balfour- Ogilvy Beaufighter TFX L P/O J A McLean & P/O W A McHugh Beaufighter TFX G F/Lt. J S Addison & F/O C Mason Beaufighter TFX F F/O W G Herbert & P/O J W Tucker Beaufighter TFX W S/Ldr. Pilcher, DFC & F/Lt. M F C Jackson Beaufighter TFX R F/Lt. C G Thompson, DFC & W/O I M Gordon, DFC No. 489 Squadron Beaufighter TFX D S/Ldr K Sawyer & W/O L Reeves Beaufighter TFX G1 F/O K Bond & F/Sgt. R Clarke Beaufighter TFX B1 W/O C Hamilton & F/Sgt. R Aldridge Beaufighter TFX T F/O J Leech & F/Sgt. W Taborn Beaufighter TFX L1 F/O P Southernwood & F/Sgt. S Gray Beaufighter TFX H1 S/Ldr J Brice & F/O R Henson Beaufighter TFX C1 W/O R Priest & W/O D Ball Beaufighter TFX F1 F/O J Jolley & F/O T Morgan Beaufighter TFX X F/O K Marsh & F/O J Ward Beaufighter TFX O1 P/O F Hall & W/O J Gordon Beaufighter TFX U F/Lt R Pulham & F/O K Lang No. 144 Squadron Beaufighter X D W/Cdr. Gadd DFC & Bar & F/O Marrow DFC Beaufighter X T F/O Page & F/Sgt. Jones Beaufighter X B W/O Murphy & F/Sgt. Winter Beaufighter X M F/Lt. Daffurn & F/O Hill Beaufighter X K W/O Gribbin & F/Sgt. Atkinson Beaufighter X A W/O Meldrum & W/O Harvie Beaufighter X S W/Cdr. Whitworth AFC & F/O Carter Beaufighter X Z F/Lt. Wood & F/Sgt. Straut Beaufighter X A1 F/O Hamar & W/O Purnell (263 Sqdn.) Beaufighter X W F/Sgt. Robertshaw & F/Sgt. Hudson Escort No. 19 Squadron Mustang IV KM152 F/Lt. Doley Mustang IV F/Lt. Seed Mustang IV KH742 F/Lt. Shirreff Mustang IV KM118 F/O May Mustang IV KH778 F/O Maynard Mustang IV KH664 P/O Avery Mustang IV KH847 F/Lt. Clayton No. 65 Squadron Mustang IV KH788 S/Ldr. Foster Mustang IV KH708 F/O Taylor Mustang IV KH678 F/Sgt. Colthart Mustang IV KH829 F/O Black Mustang IV KH758 F/Lt. Bedford Mustang IV KH777 W/O Stone Mustang IV KH658 F/Sgt. Lown Mustang IV KM223 F/Lt. Sims Mustang IV KH715 F/O Richardson Mustang IV KH644 F/Lt. Minto Mustang IV KH646 F/O Roamin Mustang IV KH822 F/Sgt. Larkins Two models of QM-M. QM-M is in the background of Hasegawa's QM-F. |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Many Thanks Zoran Petek, You are a Star!
Some more images for the archive of Mustang MkIV,s at RAF Peterhead, this time of 19 sqn. |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Excellent work, thank you all for the efforts , it was worth it.
Thank you |
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Re: RAF 65/122 Sqn Mustang MkIV,s 1945
Codes added to 126 Sqn on May 4 1945
Escort North Coates Wing - No. 236 (MB) & No. 254 Sqn (QM). No. 126 Squadron Mustang III KH578 5J-B Major Austeen, shot down by submarine U-155 off Flensberger Fjord 54° 55' N, 10° 7' E. Mustang III KH551 5J-R W/Cdr. Donnet Mustang III KH438 5J-Z F/Lt. Holmes Mustang III KH502 5J-V F/O Rattray Mustang III KH570 5J-X F/O King, damaged and landed in Lόneburg. Mustang III KH518 5J-P F/O Reid Mustang III KH477 5J-S W/O Fincher Mustang III KH563 5J-D F/O Kingsbury Mustang III KH523 5J-C F/O Armour Mustang III KH564 5J-H F/Lt. Thompson Mustang III KH442 5J-A F/O Tunnadine Mustang III KH521 5J-I F/O Wright Mustang III KH536 5J-G F/Lt. Clarke (not KH566, flown also on that day on similar mission, but by S/L Green, 64 Sqn. 64 Sqn also witnessed the loss of Austeen's KH578 5J-B) Mustang III KH448 5J-O F/Sgt. Day Mustang III KH464 5J-E F/O Vullers W/Cdr. Donnet flew Mustang III KH551 5J-R, although he had two personally marked Mustangs - Mk.III KH500/MLD (ex HBW, when flown by Bird-Wilson), and from April new uncamouflaged Mk.IVA KM121/MLD. Lust but not least - 4 Mk IIIs were in 65 Sqn in May 45: FX936, FZ126, SR408, SR439. Zoran |
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