Another Free French Blenheim up!

[ndicki]

This one's a MkIVF, at least two of which inexplicably ended up in the hands of the Free French bomber flight based at Fort-Lamy in Chad in late December. They went on to be used in the attack on Italian troops Khufra Oasis in Libya in support of Colonel Leclerc's column, and subsequently served in Egypt.

They'll appear under CFS3 aircraft/French.

 

[dewoitine]

Hi Nigel

Photo from

http://forum.aviation-ancienne.fr/t7082-blenheim-iv-de-jean-de-pange

 

[ndicki]

Interesting - that is the same photo as the one I've used, but here the serial is legible as Z5725, while on my photo, it's not legible. My source (Batailles Aeriennes no.26) gives this aircraft in a profile as Z5728, but identifies the same aircraft in a photo on another page as Z5725. I hadn't spotted that...

Too late anyway.

Actually, on the site you give, the discussion follows:

	Bonsoir Marc, Ton gros plan du Z5725 est en fait la photo dont je parle, et il s'agit bien du Z5728... Pour le scan, je t'envoie ça.
	Sujet: Re: BLENHEIM IV de Jean de Pange Ven 30 Sep 2011 - 21:32 je serais bien entendue heureux de voir le profil, bien que je commence a me méfier des profils j'ai trouvé une photo identique a celle du HS N°10 du Fana dans l'Icare 44 consacré au Lorraine page 71. On voie effectivement clairement que c'est le z5 728. et donc sans mitrailleuse a l'avant. mais cela ne correspond pas avec la photo du livre de Jean de Pange. malheureusement pas de numéro car c'est une photo prise a Fort Lamy avec une peinture en cour de francisation

 

[MajorMagee]

It's never too late when you're dealing with electrons.

 

[ndicki]

And here's its friend, from the same photo:

 

[dewoitine]

Nice work Nigel.
I have a photo of this plane "Le Fana de l'aviation" hors série n°10
With a magnifying-glass I read T1875 (black or red) on the fuselage.

 

[ndicki]

T1875 it is indeed!

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Thanks for these Free French ones.

 

[popsaka]

is that a tropical filter?