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Does anyone know what Hawker Typhoon, Baron Jean De Selys Longchamps flew on his unauthorized attack on Gestapo HQ, on Avenue Louise 453 on the 20th of January 1943?
Baron Jean De Selys Longchamps, Hawker Typhoon, 20th of January 1943
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fubar57
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What I can find is that its a Mk.Ib QO•X/EJ950. Crash site photo here....https://clivehandy.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/longchamps-crash.jpg
Sorry. this is his last aircraft while serving with 3 Sqn.
Sorry. this is his last aircraft while serving with 3 Sqn.
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Did he fly the Typhoon that he crashed and died in?
fubar57
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The one I posted? Yes
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A tad confused, didn't he serve with the No. 609 Squadron (PR-), when he made the solo attack on the HQ?
Is it the same aircraft, just a different code?
Is it the same aircraft, just a different code?
fubar57
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True. He was reprimanded for the attack, demoted and sent to 3 Sqn in whose Typhoon he crashed
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So his machine should be PR-? something then? 
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Source: Interweb
fubar57
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Yes, when he was with 609 Sqn.. He attacked the headquarters in Jan '43 and was KIA in Aug. '43 while flying with 3 Sqn.
fubar57
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If you can find this book and get it translated, he's mentioned in it
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Looks like he flew PR-M, DN305....
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That's funny, I don't find DN305 in my Typhoon/Tempest book....
But, on the 5th of February 1943, P/O P. J. Nankivell apparently shot down an Fw 190, southeast of Eastbourne, flying that bird, DN305 coded PR-M....
But, on the 5th of February 1943, P/O P. J. Nankivell apparently shot down an Fw 190, southeast of Eastbourne, flying that bird, DN305 coded PR-M....
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....and:
20/01/1943, No.609 Sqn Flt Lt the Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps in Typhoon DN305 PR-M and Flt Sgt Andre Blanco in Typhoons attacked enemy trains and straffed Gestapo headquarters in Brussels. F/L de Selys claims 1 locomotive and F/S Blanc claimed two.
20/01/1943, No.609 Sqn Flt Lt the Baron Jean de Selys Longchamps in Typhoon DN305 PR-M and Flt Sgt Andre Blanco in Typhoons attacked enemy trains and straffed Gestapo headquarters in Brussels. F/L de Selys claims 1 locomotive and F/S Blanc claimed two.
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....after some more digging:
fubar57
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Good stuff Jan. Its listed in the book "Hawker Typhoon: The Combat History" by Richard Townshend Bickers. Gonna model it?
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