Officier-vlieger J. Blok

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

From http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk, a picture of Hellcats flying with 1840 Sqn, was was 1847's "sister" Sqn.

Here's the same picture, now scanned from the article "Dutchies in de Fleet Air Arm" in Luchtvaart wereld magazine (Dutch), December 1999.

Caption reeds: "Hellcat formation of 1840 Sqn over Northern Ireland with three Dutch pilots: Jan Boon van Ochssée in JV117 "H", Felix Nauta and Charlie Poublon."

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