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Snautzer01 said:

auxiliary tanks droptanks France 1940


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auxiliary tanks droptanks France 1940

The auxiliary tanks weren't around at that point. That -- and the desert filter -- makes me think this was taken at a different time somewhere else.

Intriguing Hurricane I P3732 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]

P3732 I Hawker - Brookla RR Merlin III 1940-07-07 [Accident Details] 1941-04-15 3 Sqn SOC ... Egypt

but is not destroyed at all

Regarding message 441. Shipping Malta

There were 18 Hurricanes fitted with long range tanks and set to Malta/Middle East by air in June 1940, not all made it. Lost in France P2584 and P2644 at Marignane, P2626 at Ussel.

Onto message 444, production page 009

P3732 Hurricane I Merlin III, 20MU 7-7-40 418Flt Abbotsinch 18-7-40 Mistook landing area and overturned Abbotsinch Category B 19-7-40 Sgt P O'Byrne safe Rolls-Royce 23-7-40 20MU 10-8-40 47MU 18-8-40 27MU 21-9-40 52MU 22-11-40 shipped 29-1-41 Takoradi ferried to Middle East 11-4-41, arrived Heliopolis 15-4-41 to Abu Sueir 0430 hours 16-4-41 to 33Sq Shot down by Bf109 Larrisa Greece reportedly on 15-4-41 FLt JF Mackie+ (AIR 81/6133) [ME 21-4-41] giving a date mismatch, SOC 30-5-41 Presumed lost in Greece.

Other notes, part of a batch built at Brooklands meant for Iran, fitted with De Havilland 2 pitch propeller. The July 1940 accident was due to thinking the new portion of the airfield recently under plough was a landing area. The ground was not marked as that would destroy the airfield camouflage.

Interesting, I'll have to look into it further. I knew they had schemes in the works to send Hurricanes to Norway -- but nothing I have indicates anything was in place until the Mk.II.

Nice shots!