"Syke" wrote in
:

heavyhorses wrote:
P38 wreck, anyone know the details of this P38 wreck on Plynlimon in
Mid Wales....
Not a lot of it left, but the stainless bits look as good as the day
the left the factory.....

Others will probably tell you more, but as a start, It was Bu. N0
42-73345, coded G2-Q from 7PG (Pursuit Group?). Crashed during a
training flight from Chalgrove on 11/09/45.

Regards

Pat Macguire




Pat

The serial you gave (42-73345) falls right into a group of numbers
allocated to B-24J production, not P-38 or F-5. Bu NO is a US Navy ID.

other than that, the data appears correct..

G2-Q is the proper ID for an aircraft from the 7PG which is the 7th
Photo Recon Group, and G2 sez its the 27the Photo Squadron..
the date is correct, and the home field..for the 7/27 photo recon a that
time period..