Lossiemouth/Elgin Wellingtons of 20 OTU

[tomdocherty72]

I wish to build several scale models of 20 OTU Wellingtons based at Lossiemouth and Elgin. I know the code letters carried by the various flights of the OTU were
JM Apr 1940 - Jul 1945
XL May 1940 - Jul 1945
YR May 1940 - Jul 1945
ZT xxx 1940 - xxx 1943
MK Jul 1944 - Mar 1945
AI xxx xxxx - Mar 1945
I have identified several Wellingtons using these codes with serial number tie ups but am having great difficulty in sourcing photos of 20 OTU aircraft. So far I have found one for a Wellington Mk.X of the OTU - MF or MP571 JM-U. Can anyone help with more images? I have searched books and the internet exhaustively but have had no luck. (I am not looking for photos of R-Robert recovered from Loch Ness).

[papajuliet]

TD
I've searched my library and all I've found is as follows......
There is a photo of the rear fuselage and tail of Wellington lll XL-L BK190 in the Airfield Focus book no 11 Lossiemouth. It shows flak damage sustained in Oct. 43.
The book Squadron Codes 1937-56 by Bowyer and Rawlings shows 20 OTU as having the following Wellingtons on strength at some time or another.
Wellington 1c JN-A R1016
lll JN-N X3448
X JN-S HZ713
lc XL-C Z8977
lll XL-A HE490
lc ZT-H R3232
Not a complete answer to your request but I hope it'll be of some use.

[tomdocherty72]

Thanks papajuliet,

I have the photo (it is in A Steep Turn to the Stars) and the book! Thanks for looking them up though.

Tom

[DaveReidUK]

The following 20 OTU Wellington X aircraft were involved in accidents while with the unit:

HE283, HE415, HE439, HE467, HE490, HE535, HE684, HE751, HE802, HZ262, LN453, LN557, LP415, LP660, LP682, LR140, MF552, MF553, MF730, NA937, NC428, NC594 and NC791.

I don't have codes for them, I'm afraid.

[AndreChissel]

Which one of the Wellington accident Squadron letters listed involved T2966 please and does anyone have a photo of this aircraft when it crashed or the people who died ? Thanks Andre