V7870 RAF plane of KG 200?

[PF]

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[Snautzer05]

This is Hawker Hurricane MK I/Tr. V7670 Captured during Mar.1941 by the Italians and handed over to the LW. It was recaptured at Gambut in January 1942 during operation Crusader.

[PF]

Thanks for info!

Was it ever put back into service with the RAF?

[Urmel]

This is Hawker Hurricane MK I/Tr. V7670 Captured during Mar.1941 by the Italians and handed over to the LW. It was recaptured at Gambut in January 1942 during operation Crusader.

Minor correction, Gambut was recaptured in early December 1941.

[Orwell1984]

This plane appears on page 417 of A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940 - 1945 Volume One: North Africa June 1940 - January 1942 by Shores and Massimello with the following caption:

This captured Hurricane I, V7670, is being inspected by personnel of 14 Squadron on Gambut airfield after the capture of this base and the recapture of this aircraft. Again the aircraft records are somewhat unhelpful, indicating that this machine served with 261 Squadron (Malta-based) and then 208 Squadron (TacR), It appears to have been put back into RAF service (probably with 208 Squadron), for it is reported lost during a reconnaissance sortie over the sea on 18 July 1942.

From page 281 A History of the Mediterranean Air War 1940-1945 Volume Two: North African Desert February 1942 - March 1943:

Saturday 18 July 1942

During the course of the afternoon Flg Off Buckley of 208 Squadron had flown a TacR sortie in a Hurricane I with one other aircraft as his protective 'weaver'. However his aircraft was seen to dive vertically into the sea for no apparent reason

208 Squadron Hurricane I V7670 dived into the sea from 21 000 ft, Flg Off J C Buckley KIA (formerly a Captain in the Royal Artillery)

[Snautzer05]

Thanks Orwell1984

[PF]

Thanks for update!

Buckley memorial at
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... 082&df=all&