British Second-Line Aircraft lost in France Sept. 1939 - June 1940.

[Faenor]

Thankd for reply

Faenor

[Sean Welch]

I have this photo in my collection and I believe that it shows two Cierva Autogyros in a wrecked hanger.

I have posted this after reading at the start of this thread "It has been suggested that several of these autogyros were lost or abandoned in France during May or June 1940. However there seems to be no evidence to support this belief, either from the individual histories in the Air-Britain serial registers, nor from photographs or published works"

However, as I do not know where this was taken or indeed who owned the Autogyros it may not help to prove or disprove the above statement!

[Graham Boak]

The French were much larger users of this type, so I suggest this is likelier to show some of their examples.

[Faenor]

Hi all,

based on the collected photos from e-bay and previous communication with
Martin Gleeson, Bertrand H and other, there is a list of Miles Masters lost In France:

Miles MASTERS.
N7545 615/87 Sqns Overturned on soft ground on landing at Merville 7-5-1940, later abandoned.
N7577 85 Sqn Abandoned in France June 1940.
N7578 87/607 Sqns Damaged 31-3-1940. Abandoned in France June 1940. (also AIR 35/138)

There are photos from my collection - source old e-bay.de :

N7574:
http://www.modelari.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2563

N7577:
http://www.modelari.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2564

N7578:
http://www.modelari.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2565

Faenor