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Hurricane IIb Z5620

Trichinopoly to Bangalore via StTM.. missing near Nandyal - forcelanded ,CRO Trichnopoly lost 1943-02-25 More information in:

Block 3/G, Gloster Aircraft Co, RR Merlin III or XX, July 1940 - Aug 1941 More information in: Dr. Colin James Pratt-Hooson's Hurricane Site

Incidents/Accidents

Date	Aircraft	Unit	Pilot Name	Location
25 Feb 43	Hurricane Z5620	CRO Trichnopoly		St Thomas Mt India
Remarks	1352Hrs Take off from St TM. Trichinopoly to Bangalore via StTM.. missing near Nandyal - forcelanded. Hurricane slightly damaged.

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Number of Hurricanes ferried to Ceylon by Indomitable
by AUS
on 11 Oct 2013 03:55

Hi all, The following may help add to the overall information of this post. The logbook of Sgt W.E. Pearce (Aus.402825), 261 Sqn RAF, indicates he flew Hurricane Mk.I Z4762 from HMS Indomitable to China Bay on 7th March 1942 (30 min flight). Thereafter, Pearce piloted Hurricane Mk.IIB Z5620 for an air test (13th) and Dawn Patrol (17th). Hurricane Mk.IIB, Z5533 was seemingly his usual mount from 17th March onwards - logging 8 sorties and 5 non-ops (not including his final fateful mission on 5th April). He noted two additional non-ops flying Hurricane ‘227’ on 14th Mar and ‘676’ on the 30th Mar. Regards, Drew ....Read More.

Number of Hurricanes ferried to Ceylon by Indomitable
by Rob Stuart
on 14 Oct 2013 10:41

Graham, thanks for the info. I’ve added that book to my “to buy” list now. Drew, thanks for your post. I wasn’t aware that 261 Sqn had Z5620 on its strength. Perhaps it was the aircraft which Bloody Shambles vol. 2 says was lost in an accident on 7 April or the one which WO Griffin damaged on 5 April by taxying into a ditch. I don’t have a serial number for either of these. ‘227’ would be BE227, flown on 9 April by Sgt Lockwood and shot down. ‘676’ would be BG676, flown on 9 April by Sgt Bowie and also shot down. Does Sgt Pearce’s log say what time he took off from Indomitable? Col Bruggy, many thanks. Recording ‘V7711’ in the ORB as ‘Z7711’ would be a more likely error than the one I suggested in my last post. I don’t have Halley’s volume which includ ....Read More.

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