Help identify a Fairey Battle

Sorry, no he was killed in september 1942 in the middle east. He in as a boy entrant and trained as a photograher at RAF Farnborough. Then went to Harwell with 105 and 226 sdn’s. He went to France a week before war broke out. He got out of France via St Nazaire to Liverpool. I have an ink well in the form of a WW1 Renult tank that he sent home to the with Rheims on it, As he wasn’t allowed to write home to say where he was! Other than a photo album mainly pre war and one in North Africa with no aircraft. All i know is from the family and his RAF records.

Dave

Dave

A pleasure!

Interesting observations on those well-know Battle shots we used in “Britain at War” magazine. Do we know the date or any other circumstances?

Thanks Andy. I have Peters book ‘The Battle of France now and then. I have indentified some photo’s for him since it came out. The photos you put in the latest Britain at war magazine,on page 54. Of the Battle’s attacking a horse drawn column where taken by my uncle Corpral F.G. Underwood. Who was attached to AASF HQ Rheims from 2/9/39 till the fall of France.

Dave

What you are looking at are images of K9372 down on 10 May 1940 east of Dippach. Details can be found in Peter Cornwell’s magnum-opus, “Battle of France: Then & Now”. 103 Squadron, PM-K.

Here is another image of the same machine. I don’t think your last image can be the same incident.

I dont know if this is the same Battle, but there is a mark in the white of the fin stripe. Which makes me think it could be.

Dave

Had a good blow up with it…that second letter is ‘M’ and the first is more like a ‘P’…..103 Squadron.

Best Wishes.

I think you are right – it was just something I noted.

I found a list of RAF operations/losses during the Battle of France 1940

http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/

Under each sqdn there is various losses listed. unfortunatly many of them are not fully recorded, as the situation was very chaotic.

I believe its a 103 sdn Battle as the roundel is near the tail of the aircraft. 88sdn had the roundel near the cockpit..

Dave

Try here:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/forumdisplay.php?f=7

The experts from the period all like to “hang out” on TOCH!

Are you sure about 103 sqn?

The first letter looks more like an R, which could leave the last letter as H (which it looks like on the first picture. RH would be 88 sqn stationed in France parts of 1940.