Thanks John.
Is there anything written underneath the cockpit frame of the pranged Lysander?
31 Sqn’s locations in the time frame were Drigh Road (41) and Lahore (After that). There was a Maintenance Unit in Lahore and I wonder maybe he ran into these aircraft there. I have frequently come upon references to aircraft being delivered and withdrawn from the MU at Lahore.
31 Sqn itself was supposedly operating Daks during the period.
This is the best I can do.
Hello Jagan
Thank you for your input. I have played around with the photo of US*K and I can only barely make the serial out as either N1255 or N1299 and if I had to make a choice I would say N1255.
I wonder now if the Audax is possibly carrying the NB codes as the letter behind the right hand airman is a letter B.
The late Peter Walker served in India (SEAC) from 11/4/1942 until 26/1/1946. Odd but the Wapiti was supposedly SOC in Feb 1942.
Regards
John
This is the last of the Lysander photos.
Ok replace Orinoco/Limpopo with Yangtse, 🙂 Oh dear, titles and geography, some of our younger members will accuse us of being elitist or any other kind of “ist”. It’s ok I’m alluding to another post on another subject. Just a pre-prandial rumble.
Try this one gentlemen.
John
Thanks Edgar (we do get around don’t we).
John
Another Lysander with what appears to be a single code in Red. Audax’s in the background.
A Wapiti J 9400 of 31 Sqn (this was struck off charge in Feb 1942 according to J Files).
and an Audax of an unknown unit. But what is that odd item behind the airmen? It appears to be a cartridge collector of some type where there is normally just an exit chute.. I think that the unit might just be 1 Armament Training Unit.
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