| Mk 1a, Andy
First Flight 15-8-40
8 MU 16-8-40
609 Squadron 24-8-40
damaged combat P/O Staples safe 27-9-40
Air Service Training 66 Squadron 13-10-40
57 OTU 1-11-40
Flying Accident Cat B 27-6-42
Wing failure in spin crashed Alsager Cheshire CE 25-9-42 (McNamara's crash)
Seems that rather than changing the wing for a 1b (and it was probably one of the last 1a productions considering it first flew in Aug 1940) , it was relegated to training use for most of its life. I've seen some references to its claims by different pilots with 609 - will dig them out tomorrow.
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