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Re: Check out the Spitfire PR Mk.IV wreck too....Extinct?

Posted by PeterA on Sun Dec 15, 2002 05:01:17 AM

In reply top Check out the Spitfire PR Mk.IV wreck too.... posted by Richard Allnutt on Fri Dec 13, 2002 10:12:30 PM

Extinct - not quite. 'BP92(9)' the Russian PR IV wreck from Norway is now in Sweden under restoration. The digits '92' in small character followed by '9' in larger character were pencilled on the firewall and revealed directly under the data plate. In my view 95% indicative of BP929, one of the known Russian aircraft. Still researching.

: This is a really fascinating site, and seems to be written
: by the Luftwaffe ace Heinz Knoke. However there is detail
: of a Spit PR Mk.IV shot down over Norway.
:
: http://www.chez.com/franckruffino/My-Site/Victory_0.htm
:
: The pilot, F/Lt Alastair D M Gunn, was captured, but sadly
: later executed after the Great Escape. The website detail
: s the combat which caused Gunn to be shot down, and includ
: es some current pictures of well preserved wreckage, with
: the inferrance that there is quite a bit more... could thi
: s lead to the resurrection of an extinct subtype?
:
: Thanks Tony for the lead on this site, it is really intere
: sting indeed.
:
: Cheers,
: Richard

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