Apols for the delay.
vm thanks for the info, I’ll call them to get a copy.
brgds
Alan
Hi Alan,
Apols too for taking so long – too many senior moments!
Did you get a copy?
Looking at the book the recovery was actually of AB824/RF-S.
There is a picture of RS-T in a field though on the page after the one carrying the illustration above.
It states:
Pilot Officer McLeod’s Spitfire V AA722 has its 234 Squadron markings AZ and code B coloured in Sky which matches the spinner and fuselage band. The serial is painted aft of the Sky fuselage band just above the tailplane. The middle aircraft is UZ-A of 306 Squadronand carries light grey codes, the serial of this aircraft is not visible. The third aircraft is the one flown by Wing Commander Stanford Tuck whose kill markings can be seen on the starboard cowling.The codes of this machine are RS-T and appear to be in Sky.Tuck was not shot down in this machine during the Channel Dash, having already been in captivity for 15 daysby the time of ‘Operation Fuller’. On January 28 1942, Tuck left Biggin Hill with a Canadian pilot, Flying Officer Harley, as his wing-man. Attacking targets of opportunity as they skimmed across the French countryside at low level, the two SPitfires were caught in the cross-fire of the defences around Boulogne. Tuck’s machine was hit several times and the ace, with 29 confirmed victories to his credit, crash-landed to captivity. Overleaf Tuck’s Spitfire where it came to rest,thje shattered wooden propeller and 29 kill markings being clearly visible.
Taken from “In Enemy Hands” by Bryan Philpott ISBBN 0 85059 499 5 page 9
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