By: oscar duck - 22nd October 2004 at 22:34
Give Bobby back his plane you Pommy thieves…ha
By: landyman - 22nd October 2004 at 19:57
a book i have (Aircraft of the fighting powers by Bill Gunston) shows a side view of a He111-H6 used by no 260 sqn and coded HS ? after its capture at Castel Benito. also a side view of a JU87D-1 in RAF markings too but no unit info for this.
Greg
By: HP57 - 22nd October 2004 at 18:27
A certain Messerschmitt 109 G-2 (Black 6 ring a bell?) was used as a hack by Bobby Gibbes ‘s quadron and there was also a captured SM-79 Sparviero that was used as a transport by a British squadron.
Cees
By: planejunky - 22nd October 2004 at 18:02
I know about a couple of Texan’s that served with the 8th AF.
AT-6A – 43-13048 used by the 353rd FG at Raydon
AT-6D – 42-85066 used by 7th PG at Mount Farm
I’m sure that there were many more though!
By: Dan Johnson - 22nd October 2004 at 17:35
41 Squadron in 43 had a “hack” Spitfire Vb while it was flying XIIs. It was AA718 EB-L.
It was used for local orientation flights etc. It apparently survived the war and ended up with the French AF postwar
The 350th FG USAAF in the MTO had locally modified 2 seat Hurri IIs for each of the three squadrons. The 347th of the 350th had a 109G for a while too.
Dan
By: sparky - 22nd October 2004 at 16:14
601 Squadron had a JU87 painted with roundels wide yellow stripes and the flying sword.
78th FG I think had a two seater P-51B painted red/orange with the black & white Checkered nose
By: Andy in Beds - 22nd October 2004 at 16:07
I think the 389th Bomb Group at Hethel had a P-47 for a while. I think you used it to help form formations–like a cowboy riding herd.
Cheers
Andy
By: Locobuster - 22nd October 2004 at 15:28
Here are the 20th.’s A-20 and Norseman… 😀
By: Alex Crawford - 22nd October 2004 at 15:24
Hi,
80 Sqn, RAF had two Bf109s that were painted up in their markings in February 1943. One crashed during a test flight.
Alex
By: Locobuster - 22nd October 2004 at 14:28
The 20th. Fighter Group had (at some point during the war) two different B-17s, an A-20, two different P-47s, A Proctor, a Miles Magister, An Oxford Airspeed, a Beechcraft Staggerwing, A Norseman, a P-38 (long after they had converted over to the P-51), a Cessna Bobcat, a Vultee Vengeance, a field converted 2-seater P-51, a C-47 and a couple of others.
One of the B-17s, RB-17E #41-2578 (LC-Z) “Big Tin Bird” was a war weary vet with an amazing history, it had flown on with the 457thBG on the 8th’s first mission to Rouen, France — August 17th, 1944. It had entered service on 03-Mar-44 and was finally salvaged on 06-Aug-45.
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