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Old 18th January 2017, 22:42
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Need codes for 129 and 165 Sqn Spitfires in '45

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I'm compiling a list of foreign (Non Norwegian) military aircraft that were involved in accidents after WW2. The list is getting longer by the day - I'm close to 80 by now. Unfortunately the time period between 1945 and 1950 is quite difficult to find anything on.

I am looking for the codes of the following Spitfires from 129 and 165 Sqn. They all crashed in Norway during the summer/autumn of '45. Any help is appreciated.

20.06.1945 Spitfire Mk IX PL188 129 Sqn Trondheim area
28.07.1945 Spitfire Mk IX MJ785 165 Sqn Trondheim
02.08.1945 Spitfire Mk IX PL262 165 Sqn Værnes
12.09.1945 Spitfire Mk IX PL317 165 Sqn Trondheimsfjorden

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Re: Need codes for 129 and 165 Sqn Spitfires in '45

Only 165 Sqn one recorded was PL317/SK-A. I have a number of photos taken at Vaernes but only 2 show serials/codes, one of which is SK-A
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Well I appreciate you looking up this for me, Chris. I assume they looked quite plain by then. Sky spinner and tail band?

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Spinners do match the fuselage band
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Good copy, thanks Chris.

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Re: Need codes for 129 and 165 Sqn Spitfires in '45

Old thread, new info on postwar Spitfire crashes in Norway. Two mysterious pictures have emerged showing the wreck of a Spitfire at Kjevik being used for battle damage repair practise.
This was explained in an edition of Aeroplane Montlhly, where it is shown that on July 4, 1945, the pilot of this aircraft performed some aerobatics over the field. The engine quit while he was inverted and he tried to perform an emergency landing. He hit a jetty short of the runway, killed an British onlooker, but was able to walk away from the wreckage. These are my data:
04/07/1945 Spitfire Mk IXe NH517 AP-F 130 Sqn RAF Kjevik Crashed short of runway after inverted flight over airfield. 1 British onlooker killed.
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