Yes me….it’s been like that since this afternoon. Looks like it’s gone.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Hi Paul,
I appreciate what you are saying, however, there is another point more often overlooked. Many pilots just did not fill in their logbooks for days and sometimes weeks after their flights. As they could well fly a number of different aircraft, the original numbers were often forgotten. To be fair, there are some pilots who just left the number, as well as the code letter, unrecorded.
I know of one aircraft number, recorded in many books, that is wrong. I was informed by the pilot that he did not fill in his logbook until at least 4 weeks after the event and, as he was in many different aircraft he just forgot the number and stuck one in, that was in the Battle of Britain.
The battle of France was fought mainly on the run, pilots had no time to record numbers. Certainly, many of these pilots who returned to Britain by ship, did so without their logbooks, likewise, squadrons lost their paperwork. To be quite honest, there cannot be a definative record on the air battle of France as much of the evidence is missing hence the differing opinions of various writers.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

I have zoomed in to picture and I think I can see the beginings of a 3 instead of a 7 for the 4 digit.
I zoomed in as well, I would say that’s a 7. 3s during this period tended to be rounded not straight topped. Also the angle of the downstroke looks more like a 7 and it goes down past the half where I would expect to see the middle stroke of the 3.
615 were coded KW and I have seen no evidence on 615 or 607 Squadrons to suggest that the codes were changed. Photo is KV a 79 Squadron aircraft. That’s not to say it wasn’t with another squadron. With the confusion of the time, certainly the two squadrons above, used Hurricanes from other squadrons that for one reason or another had been left on their airfield.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Odd question right enough….this is the pice from the book….

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Robert.

Hi, This seems to be the only one available. Flypast December 1981, P 56: Sammy Allard in France. The Huricane he force landed at Lympne, September 2, 1940, was: N 2477 VY * L. ‘Battle of Britain Then And Now’, P 406. Hope this is of help.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Hi Drem,
This one from ‘Men Of The Battle of Britain’. Thought I had another but I haven’t. Killed in your part of the world, at Haddington. One source said he was on his own another said two Polish pilots killed with him: which one’s right?

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Sgt Marmaduke Ridley, killed August 26, 1940, serving with 616 Squadron, was 5 ft 1 ins. Photo courtesy William Walker.

Best Wishes.
Robert.

Hi Pete,
Amelia Earhart programme was good. I think the theory that she lived on was smashed to pieces by the photo expert at the end. The Japanese part hasn’t really advanced since Fred Goerner’s ‘The Search For Amelia Earhart’ in 1966. Apart from that, good.

Best Wishes.
Robert.