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AB167 Vc,
EA
FF 15-11-41 37MU 24-11-41 122Sq 15-3-42 Heavy landing on one wheel Hornchurch CB 18-5-42 P/O KCM Giddings safe ros AAEE trls with all copper baked QED and normal rad AAEE 8-5-43 M50 install tests. trls started with the e... ...
AB168 Vb,
EA
FF 30-11-41 37MU 7-12-41 82MU 27-2-42 'Katanga'/'R.437' 12-3-42 Takoradi 7-4-42 Middle East 145Sq 'ZX-W' then 'ZX-A' 12USAF NAfricanASC 1-11-43 Middle East 28-4-45 SOC 29-8-46
AB169 Vc,
EA
FF 15-11-41 weather trls ros AFDU 27-12-41 e/f after t/off belly landed Duxford AC 10-11-42 SqLdr ES Smith safe. Overshot and raised u/c to stop Swanton Morley AC 24-5-44 F/O WH Wilson safe4 ros AST 19-11-44 63Sq 14-12-4... ...
AB170 Vc,
?f
FF 4-2-42 39MU 11-2-42 91Sq 'DL-U' 13-3-42 Belly landed Hawkinge AC 15-4-42 F/O CG Frizell safe. ros Tyres punctured by friendly fire and o/t landing Hawkinge CE 23-5-42 P/O JP Maridor (Fr) inj AST M46 install VASM fuel... ...
AB171 Vb,
EA
FF 20-11-41 39MU 23-11-41 457Sq 11-12-41 452Sq 23-3-42 Crashed in f/l nr Jurby CE 7-5-42 P/O Whillans safe (abandoned per ORB) AST SOC FH117:50
AB172 Vb,
EA
FF 18-11-41 39MU 23-11-41 312Sq 1-12-41 Pilot felt dizzy at 32000ft went into high speed spin structural failure Otterton Devon CE 29-6-42 FLt A Liska (Czech) ser inj (pilot thrown clear parachute opened near ground) SOC... ...
AB173 Vb,
EA
FF 20-11-41 39MU 23-11-41 145Sq 9-1-42 350Sq 'MN-O' 10-2-42 Damaged by Fw190s while escorting Hurricanes to Bruges and abandoned 1-6-42 P/O RJL Laumans (Belg) PoW
AB174 Vc,
EA
FF 21-11-41 8MU 27-11-41 303Sq 'RF-Q' 15-3-42 AC 4-9-42 AST VASM fuel syst elev and rud mods MkIII IFF 6-7-43 313Sq 21-10-43 144AF 25-2-44 442Sq 27-2-44 56OTU 30-3-44 1TEU 9-5-44 spun out of cloud into ground nr Farnell... ...
AB175 Vb,
EA
FF 20-11-41 8MU 22-11-41 15FPP Tipped on nose after landing Little Rissington CA 22-11-41 1/O S Wojtulanio (Pol) safe 457Sq 9-12-41 452Sq 23-3-42 93Sq 4-6-42 SAL 28-8-42 VASM fuel syst mods wing stiff 28-2-43 308Sq 18-8-... ...
AB176 VI,
EA
FF 10-12-41 39MU 501Sq CRD VA 31-12-41 M47 install Malcolms White Waltham 15-2-43 RAE 31-8-44 hand trls large tailplane install 11-44 Wts and CG load carbon monoxide contam perf and cool trls. DTD for sqdn alloc. 616Sq 3... ...
AB177 Vb,
EA
FF 7-12-41 39MU 9-12-41 123Sq 5-1-42 167Sq 16-4-42 Took off in coarse pitch hit tree crashed Scorton CE 14-5-42 Sgt J Ford safe SOC 19-5-42
AB178 Vc,
EA
FF 23-11-41 39MU 25-11-41 AFDU 16-12-41 130Sq 2-7-42 e/f at low alt crash landed Camborne CB 2-9-42 Sgt SO Appleby inj AST VA fuel syst mods 15-6-43 317Sq 26-8-43 312Sq 4-10-43 313Sq 25-10-43 144AF 25-2-44 441Sq 27-2-44... ...
AB179 Vb,
EA
FF 22-11-41 39MU 25-11-41 501Sq 5-12-41 e/f belly landed and o/t nr Worth Matravers Dorset CE 25-4-42 Sgt J Blair inj ASTE SOC 1-5-42
AB180 Vb,
EA
FF 22-11-41 39MU 25-11-41 308Sq 9-12-41 316Sq 13-12-41 Heavy landing skidded off runway u/c collapsed Northolt AC 5-1-42 P/O J Radomski (Pol) safe VASM mods 18-6-42 306Sq 27-3-43 Overshot downwind landing Catterick AC 11... ...
AB181 Vb,
EA
FF 26-11-41 39MU 5-12-41 411Sq 10-12-41 165Sq 12-4-42 312Sq 19-9-42 316Sq Struck windsock on t/off Matlaske AC 24-9-42 Sgt WB Nowoczyn (Pol) safe. ros RAE 6-42 ? tail buffeting trls AST 11-5-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled... ...
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