Spitfire Serial Query.

On a second thought, it wouldn’t. There wasn’t a Spitfire no. N3080. 🙁

I think he got his Spitfires mixed up with his Hurricanes !!!!

That would explain it.

On a second thought, it wouldn’t. There wasn’t a Spitfire no. N3080. 🙁

Thanks VoyTech

That would explain it.

Thanks

Ian.

Ian,
You don’t have to disbelieve what has been written.
It was very often that pilot’s log books included just the numerical part of the serial, preceded by the aircraft’s code letter. This becomes quite obvious with the later serials that only had three didigits, while with the early ones it can be quite misleading.
“Z8363” might in fact be P8363 with a unit code **-Z (you would have to check the previous unit, before 74 Sqn).
Similarly, “P3080” looks like Mk I N3080 **-P.
The other ones may have been entered as they were, in absence of any codes, unless of course both were coded **-P.

Thanks Mark 12

Just goes to show you can’t always believe what is written down.

Taylor spent a short time delivering aircraft with No.1 Aircraft Delivery Flight, so that would account for him flying Spitfires whle 601 were still flying Hurricanes. I’m fairly sure he didn’t fly any Wellingtons or twin engined jobs until he joined Rolls Royce as a test pilot in 1943. I think this is an entry error on his behalf and should have read P and not Z.

Thanks again this is a great help.

Is there a definitive list like Spitfire the History but for Hurricanes ?

Log book errors?

Ian

Z8363 is a Wellington I believe, but P8363 would be a Spitfire, a 74 Sqd. aircraft lost to a Flying Battle on 16 May 1941.

P3080 is a Hurricane

P8259 a Spitfire with 74 Sqd. from 12 May 1941

P7562 a Spitfire but no service with 74 or 601 Sqds circa 1941.

74 Sqd based Manston/Gravesend April/May 1941.

601 Sqd Based Northolt & Manston May 1941.

May be a shuffle of aircraft between units.

Does this help?

Mark

Just bumping this back up the threads, in the hope that someone can help.