A Spitfire Vb of Nº 345 (Free French) Squadron RAF, flown by Sergent Ernest Jean Joseph Sente of Luxembourg, suffered a fatal crash at Shoreham on 29 April 1944. Can anyone, please, tell me its serial number? There is little about the crash in English on the internet. There is more on the internet in French about the Sgt. Sente and his final flight. However none of these websites, be they English or French, records the serial number of the Spitfire he was flying. Does anyone know this?
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By: Sopwith - 4th April 2022 at 17:32
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By: Mothminor - 4th April 2022 at 14:46
It’s a pleasure, AA 🙂
By: avion ancien - 4th April 2022 at 10:09
Thank you, MM, for succeeding where I had failed. Evidently your skill and persistance puts mine to shame!
By: Mothminor - 3rd April 2022 at 19:46
Hi AA,
Took a bit of searching to find anything about this one! According to the 12 O’Clock High Forum the Spitfire in question was EN865
– http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=37037
Airhistory.org’s Spitfire Production List entry for that aircraft would seem to back that up though without naming the pilot
– http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p037.html
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April 2, 2022 at 2:56 pm