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Re: B-25 FW125. Was it an RAF or RCAF machine?

Posted by Tony Broadhurst on Fri Jan 16, 2004 06:11:54 PM

In reply top B-25 FW125. Was it an RAF or RCAF machine? posted by Lee on Fri Jan 16, 2004 04:05:34 PM

Lee,
Just looked up FW125 in the Air-Britain FA100-FZ999 serial register and this Mitchell III is listed as No.180 Sqdn., shot down by flak, Bologne, 9.9.44.

FW165 fits better: No.45 Group, Spun into ground on ferry flight 2m NW of Reykjavik, 18.12.43.

No.45 Group was previously called Ferry Command and was an RAF unit - thus FW165 was assigned to the RAF at the time othe accident.

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