|
Allied and Soviet Air Forces Please use this forum to discuss the Air Forces of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
It does not add up,
Nice photo.
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Echtfoto-Engl.../310955407789 Only listing for a P7?37 that matches and was a loss in Europe is P7537 IIa CBAF MXII 38MU 21-10-40 74S 4-11-40 Shot down by Bf109 nr Gravelines on bomber escort mission 6-5-41 AST SOC 28-5-41 Sgt Arnett POW But its a 65Sqn aircraft and not a 74Sqn loss. Also P7537 never listed with 65Sqn. Any thoughts? regards Mark |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
I think this photo has been on this forum before and is P7733 of 65 Sqn lost on 5/2/1941 with the loss of Sgt HC Orchard. I think another photo exists of this from the other side showing the body of the pilot before being removed? (I could be mistaking this for another incident)
__________________
Larry Hayward Last edited by Larry; 14th May 2014 at 00:26. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
Hi Larry,
It was posted on one of Ed's posts on the 9th/11th of this month but no further info. regards Mark |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
I am sure I have seen it months ago as until recently was too busy with other things to do too much on here.
What about the other photos of this plane - did you post these also?
__________________
Larry Hayward |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
Not convinced that is P7733 of Sgt Harold Charles Orchard #523288 as however I look at lit (and unless it has been mis-painted' the last figure has a straight line at the top so has to be a 5 or a 7 not a 3
BTW see http://www.ajbrown.me.uk/IndividualS.../Chapter11.htm as it says "This is probably Hill's plane as Harold Orchard's crashed into a hillside, and would have been more damaged`" |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
Could it be an R not a P?
|
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
I have played with contract and brightness on this and I can only see P7537
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Re: It does not add up,
Hi Larry, Paul, etc.
I know which photos you are talking about. I remember the photos showing the pilot slumped outside of the port side of the cockpit. No idea if it was this aircraft or not. If Arnott of 74Sqn was flying P7537 (P8199 in his log book filled out four years later!) he recorded it as a belly landing. This is not a survivable belly landing and not even sure he flew P7537 on his last mission either. Could have been Howard's. regards Mark |
#9
|
||||
|
||||
Re: It does not add up,
I think the one with the body alongside the aircraft is 64 Sqn shot down by Fozo. I have photos of Arnott's crash-landed Spitfire if I remember correctly-victim of Joppien? Alistair Arnott was shot down in P7928/ZP-N on 5 May 41-definitely not this aircraft
Last edited by Chris Goss; 14th May 2014 at 18:47. |
#10
|
||||
|
||||
Re: It does not add up,
Same aircraft ?
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=19400 post by JohnE; and http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=8920 |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Friendly fire WWII | Brian | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 803 | 8th July 2023 15:47 |
B-25 used by VVS as night bomber? | keith A | Allied and Soviet Air Forces | 38 | 2nd April 2014 13:31 |
To add to the trouble of the former Thread | RT | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 0 | 21st December 2009 21:34 |
New book on the Russian ADD | Nokose | Books and Magazines | 4 | 10th August 2009 19:54 |
Loss I guess someone can add to here... | Andreas Brekken | Luftwaffe and Axis Air Forces | 5 | 29th October 2007 10:15 |