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Hi all I am looking into the fates of 264 Squadron Defiants which were shoot down en masse on the 13th May 1940 above Holland. I am hoping someone on here might be able to fill in the blanks with regard to the fuselage letter per aircraft. I am using a Dutch book "Tweede Pinksterdag 1940 -Luchtgevechten boven West-Brabant en de Biesbosch" by Jan Jolie 2000 Lorelax Productions / Muiderberg as a reference. Jan Jolie has noted the aircraft involved as follows · L6969 Skelton/ Hatfield (Blue1) PS-B(?)** · L6960 Chandler/ McLeish (Blue3)PS-M · L6958 Thomas/ Bromley (Blue2 ) PS-? · L6977 Greenhous/ Greenhalgh(Green 1 ) PS-U (?)* · L6965 McLeod/ Cox (Green 2) PS-? · Sole survivor L6974 Kay/ Jones (Green 3) PS-? **In regard to PS-B this a/c (L7005) is featured in the Airfix Dogfight doubles boxing of the 1:72 kit and is noted as being in action in August 1940. Is Jolie wrong or were letters reused in the squadron ? *In regard to PS-U in the Airfix 1:72 boxing of the kit they have an a/c( L7013) pegged with this fuselage code as still flying in July. There is a photo in Jolie's book of a/c L6977 crashed in Holland with the fuselage letter partially obscured by bystanders . It could be U or a J. The a/c number is partially obscured but I can make out L697 ? I Again is Jolie wrong or were letters reused in the squadron ? . The primary source material he quotes give the a/c number and the flight code but not the fuselage codes. Any help would be most welcome Kind regards Brian Kirwan
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With the arrival of the excellent 1/48 Defiant from Airfix this year I am longing to build one flown by a distant relative. So far I have found some very easy to obtain information, but I am struggling to find the more relevant stuff that would make this build possible. Here is what I have found out so far… Date 08/10/40 - Patrol Type - Defiant I Serial – N1627 Coded – PS-? Unit – 264 SQN RAF Pilot – P/O Harold Ingham Goodall 79159 RAFVR Age 25 (Killed) Air/Gnr – Robert Bett Mirk Young 40197 RNZAF Age 22 (Killed) Took off from Luton Airfield, crashed at Marlow Bucks, exact cause unknown. Reputedly as a result of enemy action. To enable me to build my little tribute I have three questions… Does anyone have the ability to find out what the code letter for this aircraft was? Would the paint scheme have been the traditional dark green / dark earth / sky at this point? Or would it have been painted black by October? Any help would be greatly appreciated - thanks in advance