Thanks for your replies, gentlemen.
edskarf – my query was prompted by my purchase of the ‘Official Tour de France’ souvenir programme from W.H.Smith which has a much better print of the photo inside. I did find that web article you tagged and tried to include it in my original post, but when I tested before posting it wouldn’t open – you must have the magic touch. As to why a UK registered aircraft ? – perhaps availability in a war ravaged France is the key.
Laurence – the crash may not nescessarily have happened on the day of the Tourmalet stage. The fact that it’s shown by the roadside may mean they just hadn’t bothered to clear it away, why should they, the whole of France was probably still littered with wrecks from the war.
Mike – just to muddy the waters a bit, one website I looked at indicated G – AGXK as crashing in France 26.06.47 (and later crashing at Staverton in 1953). The alleged crash in France of Kilo is not recorded in the archive at G-INFO, I reckon it’s a clerical error on the website I visited.
Wieesso – where did you get your detailed information about the T-de-F stages from ? I have a couple of general books but not one with any great detail.
There’s an irritating lack of positive information about this, but I suppose that’s about par for the course in this sort of query (and my apologies for the mixed sporting metaphors)
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