Erwin Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Hi all, I found this on Wings Palette. I states" captured in 1940 at Merville".But not the month. Was that before or during the BoB ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Captured at Merville suggests the Battle of France, pretty strongly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Graham Boak said: Captured at Merville suggests the Battle of France, pretty strongly. Just wondering. But you do have a strong point. Edited November 11, 2019 by Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 There was a Hurricane which defected, but that was a Mk.II some time later (a Czech pilot), I don't know quite where to go to check the story of this aircraft, but I'm pretty sure that the only British fighter to end up in France in this period was the well-known example of Hardy's Spitfire. I'm sure that a Hurricane would be equally well known (well, almost). Whereas over 150 Hurricanes are simply known as "Lost in France" during the actual campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Many, many examples of the Hurricane I were abandoned at Merville in May 1940. It could be ex 87 Squadron or 79 Squadron, possibly amongst other units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Someone makes a decal of that which appears on eBay from time to time. I believe the real thing was a cut-and-shut of various damaged airframes abandoned during the retreat but can’t recall where I read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) Hi unfortunately i have forgotten my details for the old lemb site but from notes on my hard drive it appears that this was supposed to be the first hurricane captured in may 1940, it eventually went later in 1940 to jagdflierschule 2 at magdeburg ( via rechlin ? ) other hurricane mk I were maybe someone with the air brit serial books can check which ones the following two were Wn2545 ( ie N2545 or P2545 ? ) Wn2683 ( likewise P2683 ? ) KM+GG 4+1 ( at rechlin ) V7670 T9536 another hurricane was one with JG51 at marquise but photos captioned say it was captured during the BoB but the photos show it with a sky tail band so it must be nov 40 onwards and it also has a long pointed spinner on it cheers jerry Edited November 11, 2019 by brewerjerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 57 minutes ago, brewerjerry said: another hurricane was one with JG51 at marquise but photos captioned say it was captured during the BoB but the photos show it with a sky tail band so it must be nov 40 onwards and it also has a long pointed spinner on it Captured Hurricane. by Etienne du Plessis, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 Thank you all for the helpful replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 The "Jagdfliegerschule 2" moved in September / October 1940 from Magdeburg to Zerbst (Anhalt). There they used a Hawker Hurricane I with the Code "? F + SC" (? means unknown) The camouflage was original and the plane was used for dogfight training. (Have a poor b9w picture, but can't post it here.) modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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