I agree 110% Tornado. But surely records of a Bf109 being here and then being involved in a landing prang would confirm this theory? There are photo and documented evidence of Heinkel He70’s being used as Kestrel test-beds by Rolls-Royce at Hucknall in Yorkshire, so why no early-series Bf109’s?

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Many thanks for the response WJ422. Yes indeed, I had seen in my copy of “War Prizes” that the crash landing of AE479 in July’41 did seem to maybe be more than a coincidence, albeit the 18 month difference in the dates is one hell of a memory lapse especially if the information was taken directly from his own diary! I think the fact that no other Bf109’s have been officially recorded as being available before AE479, let alone the chances that the Air Ministry could have actually purchased one, means that AE479 appears to be the only Bf109 it could have been.

One quick question, would the ORB for RAF Northolt for this period record carry a record for the alleged landing incident in Oct’39?

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There are some fantastic images there Roger – here is a link to some very nice Buchon images, especially like the colour two-seater shot on the second page 🙂

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Peter D Evans
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🙂 Many thanks for that EHVB… nice to see one of these 2.111’s in its original pre-BoB film finish! In fact, there are a nice selection of Spanish AF 2.111’s photos available from the same website the previous image was taken. For those interested, click here.

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