jesterhud
April 1, 2012 at 3:19 pm

WWII Spitfire and Hurricane photo help please

Hi
I am restoring a couple of old photos for a friend, looking for some help in identifying exactly where , what and when.

First up is a Spitfire, I am told of 32 Squadron, I have scanned the back of the photo as well which has some damage to it but some partial words, I reckon it says ‘ Petah Tikva’ which was an airfield in Palestine, any help in identifying the Spitfire and what happened to it would be appreciated.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31673471@N02/6901730443/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31673471@N02/6901734777/

Next is a Hurricane, this one is at Maison Blanche in Algiers in 1943, any ideas of the Squadron and mark ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31673471@N02/6901734297/

Cheers

Mike

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By: Mark12 - 4th April 2012 at 14:43

so this pair are possible candidates for the pair of struck off RAF Spitfires rebuilt by the Israeli airforce?

Both NH294 and MK728 were declared as BER (Beyond Economic Repair) on 27 November 1947.

EN304, also SOC on 26 June 1947, surfaced at the Haifa Technical School in May/June 1949 still wearing a faded RG code of 208 Squadron.

EN661, a Mk XI, is another Spitfire mentioned in this category

I think there is more to play on what happened here.

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By: SMS88 - 4th April 2012 at 13:57

It is NH294 with MK728 behind it.

32 Squadron was based at Petah Tiqva from September 1945 in to 1946.

Struck of charge October 1947.

Mark

so this pair are possible candidates for the pair of struck off RAF Spitfires rebuilt by the Israeli airforce?

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By: jesterhud - 2nd April 2012 at 07:17

Thanks very much for info chaps

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By: posart - 1st April 2012 at 16:46

The Hurricanes are also 32 Squadron, MkIIcs I would have thought.

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By: Mark12 - 1st April 2012 at 16:32

It is NH294 with MK728 behind it.

32 Squadron was based at Petah Tiqva from September 1945 in to 1946.

Struck of charge October 1947.

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By: TonyT - 1st April 2012 at 15:24

Perhaps contacting this guy, he probably would like to see the images too

http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/allied/royalairforce/32sqd-raf.html