Hi
Well I think most of the records need sometime to be taken with a pinch of salt, there are many occasions where the Sqn diaries are not exactly right.

One I recall is the recorded non op flight of a lancaster that crashed on dartmoor, one of the recovery crew recalled rolling a full bombload down the hillside, as did a farmer.

And as most now there are many instances of wrong serials in Sqn diaries.

Personally I vote for the guys pilot logbook.

cheers
Jerry

Peter,

Yep, it is the Curtiss construction number which ties in with the US serial number which ties in with the RAF serial.

All three of the above have now been known by the RAFM/AHB etc for over a week now. The 1035 was the last bit of evidence we required.

regards

Mark

Hi
Is this a shortened number, as all the info I have seen gives a 5 digit construction number for curtiss a/c.
cheers
Jerry

Hi
I do wonder if the discovery had not made the internet..
would the aircraft simply been reduced to scrap and no one would ever have known about it or its pilot ?

At least it gets its moment in time and the pilot’s relatives hopefully finally get an answer to a long standing question.

To those in egypt it might seem odd giving the problems in their country that an old aircraft gets so much response from the western world.

cheers
Jerry

Hi
Presumably this one
cheers
Jerry

27.09.40: Target Parnall Yate: I/ZG 26.

Bf 110C-4, Wnr.2162, U8+FK of 2/ZG 26

Ofw. Hans Tiepelt (F) killed

Uffz. Herbert Brosig (Bf) killed

Both engines set alight in an attack by F/O. M.E.A. Royce in a Hurricane of 504 Sq. (Filton). Exploded at the Stapleton Institution, Fishponds, Bristol at 11.45 hrs. Tiepelt and Brosig are buried in Greenbank Cemetery, Bristol.

source:-http://fishponds.org.uk/luftbri10.html

…There’s an argument that this P-40 is in effect, a “war grave”

Hi
Sorry disagree, it is not a wargrave.
The pilot is not in the aircraft, so it by definition it can not be one.
It only might be technically, if they find the pilots remains under the aircraft, when it is moved.
Most likely he walked off site, so his ‘war’ grave is elsewhere, hopefully one day it is discovered.
To class it as a wargrave, in my opinion, lowers the respect given to the real wargraves, where servicemen still lie.
Cheers
Jerry

Hi
from the davidstow mmor website which now seems dead ?
cheers
Jerry

01-02-1941

1745hrs
Caudron Goeland F-BAAX landed near a Searchlight Post close to Tregantle Farm. The occupant was Andre’ Edmond Bruist Colin aged 25, he stated that he was a native of Belfort, France. He has been a Sgt Pilot in the French Air Force from 26th August 1939 until 25 August 1940. He left Vichy at 12:30 hours on the 1st February 1941 and landed in Brittany, he took off again for England. Monsieur Colin is being detained at Liskeard Police Station, his aeroplane is being guarded by men of the 11th Battalion Devonshire Regiment.

http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.com/pages/crash_log/crashlog41.html