Sorry for reviving a very old thread, but just wanted to close the story on this one. Details of Barrie Heath and a picture of the Spitfire can be found here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Heath
Looking at the June 44 ORB, it looks like MJ454, MJ468, MJ125, MJ237, MJ831, MJ985, MJ474, MJ229, MJ905 were all with 411 sqn at the beginning of June.
In the link you can see the slightly wider picture with part of the serial visible. Looking again, there doesn’t seem to be a corresponding other half of a H for the visible part. Could it be a J, with the numbers overpainted by the stripe. Mark – are any of the 3 aircraft you have recorded in the MJ serial number range?
Is this a 411 Sqn aircraft?. If so they had IXb’s in June 44 I believe. On a slightly wider version of the picture it shows a vertical line as part of the serial number. I thought this might be a 1 at the end of the serial, but now think the white painted strip may be covering part of the serial? Could the vertical line be part of a H, as in the MH range. 411 Sqn did have several spitfire’s in that serial range on hand in June 44.
Interesting note on the roundel…never knew that. I do note that early 1941 a number of aircraft were being repainted in the grey and green camouflage scheme. Would this have retained the original roundels or were they a complete repaint? Difficult to tell what scheme the pictured aircraft is in?
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