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#2667195 - 02/05/09 02:39 PM Re: Iron Mike's Hurricane Project, help needed! [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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Edited by Col. Gibbon (02/05/09 02:42 PM)
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#2667251 - 02/05/09 03:45 PM Re: Iron Mike's Hurricane Project, help needed! [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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#2668607 - 02/07/09 02:47 PM Re: Iron Mike's Hurricane Project, help needed! [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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From the profiles in the Osprey volume Hurricane Aces 1939-40 we have the following:

1 sqn JX-B P3395
1 sqn Jx-G L1679
17 sqn YB-W P3878
32 sqn GZ-B P3144
32 sqn GZ-L P2921
56 sqn US-X P2970
56 sqn US-Z P2689
73 Sqn D P2569
85 sqn VY-Q P3854
85 sqn VY-R P2923
87 sqn LK-A L1630 May 1940
87 sqn LK-A P2798 Aug 1940
87 sqn LK-M P3394
111 sqn JU-B L2001
145 sqn SO-K P3221
229 sqn RE-D P3039
238 sqn VK-G P3462
242 sqn LE-D V7467
242 sqn LE-A P2961
245 sqn DX-L W9145
249 sqn GN-C P2870
257 sqn DT-A V6555
302 sqn WX-V P3931
303 sqn RF-A P3120
303 sqn RF-E P3901 Sep 1940
303 sqn RF-E P7300 also Sep 1940
303 sqn RF-J V6665
303 sqn RF-R R4175
303 sqn RF-U P3975 Sep 1940
303 sqn RF-U V7503 Nov 1940
312 sqn DU-J L1926
501 sqn SD-N P3059
501 sqn SD-Y V6799
605 sqn UP-A P3308
615 sqn KW-P R4194

Hope that is of some use.

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#2671739 - 02/12/09 02:14 PM Re: Iron Mike's Hurricane Project, help needed! [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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I found David via his website, and he confirms these are the squadrons we should be looking at.

Quote:
David Hodgkinson

11 Group on 8th August 1940 Hurricane Mk. I Squadrons
17(YB) 85(VY) 151(DZ) 56(US) 601(UF) 43(FT) 145(SO) 1(JX) 257(DT) 615(KW) 111(JU) 32(GZ) 501(SD)



http://members.madasafish.com/~d_hodgkinson/hawker.htm
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#2672455 - 02/13/09 02:22 PM Re: Iron Mike's Hurricane Project, help needed! [Re: Col. Gibbon]
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Thanks my friends,

We are getting there slowly. I fancied 1 and 56 but the best info I could get was for 303 and 605. Mike likes 1 and 601. Keep it coming, the more the merrier.

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