Sonderman
February 3, 2006 at 11:45 am

crashed fairey battle id

At this moment there is a photoalbum for sale at ebay, one of the photos of this album is from a fairey battle. Anyone who know more of this aircraft? I am particular interested to know if it was in the Netherlands.

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Mathieu

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By: G-ASEA - 25th February 2006 at 15:23

Battle PH-F of 12Sqn. Raid on the Masstricht Bridges. Aircraft crashed while pulling out of a dive when engine cut. One of the crew was Sgt BT Carey the father of a fellow air cadet of 460Sqn Dunstable. He spent the rest of the war as a POW.

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By: paulmcmillan - 3rd February 2006 at 12:15

If you blow the picture up, the serial looks like P233? to be, so probably P2332

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By: NiallC - 3rd February 2006 at 12:00

The only candidate I can see for this is P2332 of 12 Squadron, PH-F. According to Air Britain Serials this was “Damaged attacking bridges near Maastricht and crashed, Vroenhoven, 12 May 1940.”

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