Spitfire Vb Crashes in Alderney, Channel Islands. UK

[Tim Osborne]

Hi everyone!



Is anyone able to shed some light on a puzzle that both myself and a colleague (both pilots ourselves) have been trying to work out?


There are 2 documented Spitfire crashes on Alderney -

1. 2/11/41 - W3830 234 Squadron - Spit Vb. Pilot Officer B W Meyer. Ended up as a PoW

2. 8/11/41 - AD188 501 Squadron - Spit Vb. Pilot Officer W J Greenaway. Also a PoW


First puzzle: Can anyone shed light on what the actual aircraft squadron markings were on crash 1? Were they AZ-K?

Second puzzle: Was Meyer American or Canadian? (We believe American)

Third puzzle: On 4/6/42, Spitfire Vb - AD245 - of 234 Squadron piloted by Sgt W H Jackson - a Canadian - went missing and was presumed killed, on a bombing mission to Cherbourg airfield.

What were the squadron markings on this aircraft? Were they AZ-K too?

We have a photo of a Spit Vb taken after crash landing in Alderney with the Squadron marking of AZ-K and wwe are trying to establish whether this was the documented crash (1) of Meyer, or whether this was the aircraft of Jackson who went missing - as both were from 234 Squadron. I have spoken yesterday with a man who was working in Alderney and remembered a Spitfire crash landing and saw the pilot get out, then was escorted away by the Germans. As he passed my informant, the pilot spoke briefl;y to them stating his 'war was over' and he believed this pilot to be Canadian.

If this was Jackson, then we might have found an important missing link of modern history.

Can anyone help in any way, or point me in the direction of someone who might be able to help us?

E-mail is timobeanie@cwgsy.net


Many Thanks