Crimea_River
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Cory, the photo of I8-T in your first post is also shown in my reference "Typhoon and Tempest - The Canadian Story" by Halliday. The caption reads "On July 26, 1944 F/O Nelson L. Gordon (440 Squadron) was on a sortie near Caen when hit by flak. He baled out and was back on squadron within 2 hours....Next his Tiffie is being recovered after he belly landed at B.9" No date is given, nor is the pictured aircraft equated with s/n MN413. In fact, this book has MN413 on strength with 438 squadron and the aircraft involved in the flak hit incident described above is noted to be MN403, coded I8-J.
This info conflicts with the caption of the same photo at the IWM website which states "Airmen of No. 419 Repair and Salvage Unit, aided by an AEC mobile crane, remove damaged Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN413 'I8-T', of No. 440 Squadron RCAF from the landing strip, following a wheels-up landing at B9/Lantheuil, Normandy, on 1 August 1944." Although I would trust this site, Halliday's loss list appears to be well researched, being summarized from "The Typhoon File" by C.H. Thomas and cross referenced to ORBs
The only other reference to a crash land by Gordon in my book is one that he did on Sept 9, 1944 in Belgium after a glycol leak in MN817 which was subsequently destroyed by fire, so this aircraft is not likely the one in the picture.
Given that the numerals following the MN are obscured, probably due to the overpainting of the invasion stripes, it's difficult to say which is correct. This will matter to you when doing the port side of this plane, where the numbers will likely be visible and the "MN" possibly obscured.
In another reference I have, which is a compilation of production data taken from "The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest by Francis K. Mason", MN413 is noted to be a Typhoon 1B from the 5th production batch and states "All aircraft with sliding hood, whip aerial, faired cannon and Sabre II, most with four blade propeller. Delivered between December 8th 1943 and June 6th 1944". Your picture shows a plane with the sliding hood and the whip antenna but most likely a 3 bladed prop.
So, in summary, it seems you picked a subject with some conflicting info in various sources, though the picture is a good one but will not help you with the port side. I would agree with the guys that this aircraft appears to have a 3 bladed prop and no AEAF stripes on the upper wing. Flipping through the rest of my book, I have maybe just one other 3 bladed possibility but decals would be an issue. 5V-K "Butcher Boy", s/n MN553, had 23 ops symbols and what appears to be a white spinner with a tin, tight spiral or concentric rings would be a neat scheme if decals could be made.
This info conflicts with the caption of the same photo at the IWM website which states "Airmen of No. 419 Repair and Salvage Unit, aided by an AEC mobile crane, remove damaged Hawker Typhoon Mark IB, MN413 'I8-T', of No. 440 Squadron RCAF from the landing strip, following a wheels-up landing at B9/Lantheuil, Normandy, on 1 August 1944." Although I would trust this site, Halliday's loss list appears to be well researched, being summarized from "The Typhoon File" by C.H. Thomas and cross referenced to ORBs
The only other reference to a crash land by Gordon in my book is one that he did on Sept 9, 1944 in Belgium after a glycol leak in MN817 which was subsequently destroyed by fire, so this aircraft is not likely the one in the picture.
Given that the numerals following the MN are obscured, probably due to the overpainting of the invasion stripes, it's difficult to say which is correct. This will matter to you when doing the port side of this plane, where the numbers will likely be visible and the "MN" possibly obscured.
In another reference I have, which is a compilation of production data taken from "The Hawker Typhoon and Tempest by Francis K. Mason", MN413 is noted to be a Typhoon 1B from the 5th production batch and states "All aircraft with sliding hood, whip aerial, faired cannon and Sabre II, most with four blade propeller. Delivered between December 8th 1943 and June 6th 1944". Your picture shows a plane with the sliding hood and the whip antenna but most likely a 3 bladed prop.
So, in summary, it seems you picked a subject with some conflicting info in various sources, though the picture is a good one but will not help you with the port side. I would agree with the guys that this aircraft appears to have a 3 bladed prop and no AEAF stripes on the upper wing. Flipping through the rest of my book, I have maybe just one other 3 bladed possibility but decals would be an issue. 5V-K "Butcher Boy", s/n MN553, had 23 ops symbols and what appears to be a white spinner with a tin, tight spiral or concentric rings would be a neat scheme if decals could be made.
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