Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:39 pm
I've always wanted to know what happened to the Spitfire mk Vs of South Africa Squadrons no 7 and 74 that were captured by German forces on the the island of Kos off the Greek Coast in the Aegean Sea in October 1943.From what I've read several were intact when they were captured by the Germans but there seems to be no record on what they did to them afterwards .
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tbolt
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tbolt
Re: Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:38 am
Buried I expect. TIGHAR will get round to digging them up one day.
Re: Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:56 am
quemerford wrote:Buried I expect. TIGHAR will get round to digging them up one day.
BOOM, HEADSHOT!
You're a quick study for a new forum member, lol... didn't take you long to figure out what we all think of those grifters!
Cheers, and Merry Christmas!
Lynn
Re: Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Mon Dec 22, 2014 5:35 pm
Lets hope someone finds them. Be nice to have a whole squadron of mkVs flying around one day.
Re: Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:52 am
lmritger wrote:quemerford wrote:Buried I expect. TIGHAR will get round to digging them up one day.
BOOM, HEADSHOT!
You're a quick study for a new forum member, lol... didn't take you long to figure out what we all think of those grifters!
Cheers, and Merry Christmas!
Lynn
New to the forum, but not new to TIGHAR's shenanigans.
Season's Greetings!
Re: Spitfire mk Vs abandoned on the island of Kos in 1943
Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:40 am
.....actually a container of digging gear just arrived from Burma! 