Westland Whirlwind codes - photo proven

[Andy Marden]

Whilst browsing the interesting book "The Whirlwind Years" (Robert Bowater, Fonthill, 2013) I made a note of all codes which can be photographically proven.
I've added in a few more which I discovered online.
Can anyone add any more to this rather small list please? I have seen the ongoing debate about whether code SF-H was P7005 and/or P7095, but I have yet to see absolutely definitive proof.
I should make it clear that captions don't count - the serial itself has to be visible!

P6969 HE-V 263 Sqn https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205126923
P6974 HE-M 263 Sqn https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gall...irlwind-p6974/ (said to be Aug42, when aircraft was in MU)
P6982 SF-P 137 Sqn "P165, The Whirlwind Years"
P6984 HE-H 263 Sqn "P30, The Whirlwind Years"
P6997 HE-R 263 Sqn "P146, The Whirlwind Years"
P7002 SF-W 137 Sqn "P200, The Whirlwind Years" (Mar43)
P7011 SF-U 137 Sqn "P190, The Whirlwind Years"
P7055 SF-S 137 Sqn "P163, The Whirlwind Years" (1943)
P7062 HE-L 263 Sqn https://i0.wp.com/www.destinationsjo...45-1.jpg?ssl=1
P7094 HE-T 263 Sqn "P115, The Whirlwind Years"
P7116 HE-F 263 Sqn https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._1941-1942.jpg

[pfP7063]

Hi Andy
I've just come across this post and will endeavour to help you where I can. The other two people you need to contact via email are Rob Bowater and Jerry Brewer - they both have a wealth of Whirlwind photographic data in their collections.

So here we go:
1. P6974 HE-M 263 Sqn https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gall...irlwind-p6974/ (said to be Aug42, when aircraft was in MU)
This photo is incorrectly captioned wrt the date - it should be late August 1943 and was probably taken at RAF Manston just before Operation Starkey in early September 1943. The White stripes etc have often been incorrectly attributed to the Dieppe Operation in August 1942. Based on the entries in their respective ORB neither 137 nor 263 Squadrons were involved in the Dieppe Operation.

Kind regards.

Paul

Please feel free to email me and as I've said I'll help where I can.

[Andy Marden]

Paul,
Thanks for your input on this, always good to solve an anomaly!
Andy

[pfP7063]

You're most welcome Andy. I'm back in Melbourne this weekend and will have a look back through my Whirlwind files for you wrt photographic evidence of squadron codes for both Whirlwind Squadrons.

Paul