Hi welkin,
Apologies for the late reply!
I will try and find a copy of that book then, cheers for the ‘heads up’.
When 966 crashed in 1952, 204 AFS had done away with the ‘FMO’ codes (July 1951) and just had a single individual code letter. I have been in contact with a few other erudite individuals and now have quite a list of over 60 identified aircraft and in some instances, their fates.
From this list it seems that it could be one of 4 options, U, W, Y or, Z. (The unit’s T3’s were coded A-P and the FBVI’s coded Q-Z).
I am ruling out Y (previous A/C TE657, on unit June 1950 & crashed 12/1951) or, Z (previous A/C RS677, on unit June 1950 crashed 11/1951).
RF966 was allocated to 204 in July 1951, from my list, only two aircraft were allocated or, more precisely identified as U or, W (U – RS595, PZ307 both arrived 1949 and W – LR308 in 1948 and HR242 in 1947, the latter crashing in 1949).
My inner gut feeling is thinking ‘U’ but, knowing my luck, its ‘W’
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Martyn
GYD
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