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Re: Spitfire PR IV Wreckage at Bodo

Posted by PeterA on Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:01:32 AM

In reply top Re: Spitfire PR IV Wreckage at Bodo posted by Paul McMillan on Thu Sep 05, 2002 09:53:02 AM

BP889 was the intial assumption from our Norwegian friends who supplied the recovery photos. This was soon rejected due to the location of the crash and the grave of 'Sleepy' Walker.
Some of the wing detachable panels reveal 139 and 148, neither of which tie in with a PR IV to Russia. Then there was the serial on the mirror.
The aircraft is now in Sweden, by the way, and potentially a rebuld to fly.
I asked for the firewall plate, HAI/6S/132536 to be removed. Underneath in pencil is what appears to be 92 and then a larger 9. This larger 9 is a bit disconcerting! BP929 was a PR IV to Russia but so were a couple of other BP92* as I am sure your new book will tell you.
I am opened minded and as the restoration continues I will monitor unless our Russian friends can come up with something.

: : This was the one initially id'd as BP889.
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: : Ex. Russia AF wasn't it ?
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: Thanks!
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: The book does not confirm the ID 'it lists it unknown', bu
: t the book also says BP889 was shot down 27.9.42 over Norw
: ay by possibly FW190 of II/JG5
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: F/O G W Walker Killed
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: So could be same machine!
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: Paul

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