Questions about 79 Sqdn Hurricane's.

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Have been looking at the Hurricane's used by 79 Squadron following the earlier thread about the ID of a captured Hurricane.
I have the following -

N2426 - Lost 05/40. What have we about this Hurricane ?


N2483 - AB L1000/N9999 has - 33 Sqn/71 OTU. [ BUT - 79 Sqn Sgt H Cartwright crash landed near Braine-le-Comte 16/05/40 ( 12 Days in May and FCL vol 1 revised)]. ?

P2635 - Lost France 05/40. What have we about this Hurricane ?

Alex

[Bertrand H]

Hi Alex,

according to the reply given by Joss Leclercq on

http://www.aerostories.org/~aeroforu...p?nummsg=63984

Details on P2635 are :

AIR 81/398 Pilot Officer L L Appleton: missing presumed dead; Hurricane P2635 failed to return from an operational flight over the Nivelles area, Belgium, 14 May 1940

HTH

bertrand

[Alex Smart]

Hello Bertrand,
Thank you for your swift reply it is welcome to open this serial number debate.

Both FCL vol 1 revised and 12 Days in May have -
11th May 79 Sqn
P/O Appleton unhurt in L2049.
14th May 79 Sqn
P/O Appleton as + in P2537.
So for both events no mention of P2635.

With regard to the link you gave it does say that Appleton was in P2537 but then P2635 is raised as a possibility as it is referenced in Air 81 ?

Alex

[Brian]

Hi Alex

Please note that '12 Days in May' is rather dated - maybe time for a re-write!

Cheers
Brian

[Alex Smart]

Hello,
Re - N2426, found that Henk had this for her.
16/05/40, Sgt Henry Cartwright shot down by BF109 crashed at Braine-le-Comte "Les Hayettes" NW of Réves station
Cartwright was killed a month later on 04/07/40 in N2619 over St. Margrets Bay, Kent.

Alex

[Stig Jarlevik]

Alex

N2483 is not listed anywhere as lost in France in 1940.
Either it never went or it returned to UK safely.

Cheers
Stig

[ClinA-78]

Sgt CARTWRIGHT's Hurricane crash-landed 2 km North of Rèves (10 km SW of Nivelles), not Braine-le-Comte. It was recovered by civilians, dismantled but 'liberated' by Germans... in August '44.

ClinA-78

[Alex Smart]

Hello ClinA -78,

But was it N2426 or N2483 ?

Could this Hurricane be the one that was hidden in a shed ?

Alex

[ClinA-78]

This Hurricane at Rèves, whatever its serial, was hidden in a barn. There is at least two pictures of it. Unfortunately no serial seen...

ClinA-78

[Stig Jarlevik]

Alex

Cartwright was lost in N2426
N2483 is not mentioned anywhere by Cornwell as being in France.

B Rgds
Stig