Having used the hyperlink in the thread concerning the Comper Swift and the Air-Britain Information Exchange, and having noted the information concerning this Swift in Malcolm Fillmore’s production details file, I hope that he has no objection to me cutting and pasting the relevant details to this thread as it sheds more light on the subject in issue .

“Regd G-ACDS [CofR 4177] 13.2.33 to Mark Antony Lacayo,
Hooton [Comper Sales Manager; regd as nominee]. CofA 3839
issued 5.4.33. Dd Evreux 28.2.33 and operated in France in UK
marks. Crashed in France and regn cld 1.34. Rebuilt and regd FAOTP
[CofR 4612] 4.3.36 to Aero Club de l’Eure, Evreaux. Regd
1.39 to Lucien Jules Francois Lecoq, Guyancourt. Reportedly flown
by Lecoq to Marchwood, nr Southampton early 12.42; Lecoq [not as
sometimes reported a German-sponsored agent] and attempted to
join RAF but detained in Camp 020 instead. Allocated to
unidentified ATC unit 8.3.43; probably locally and reportedly
abandoned and partly buried after WWII. [Lecoq was repatriated
after D-Day and given Hawk Trainer N3802/F-BCDU in
compensation in 1949].”