EN768

media-14220.jpeg UPL 14220 Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb EN768 of the 335th Fighter Squadron.

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

Object Number - UPL 14220 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb EN768 of the 335th Fighter Squadron.

Supermarine Spitfire EN768 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 39 MU 26-4-42, assigned to 19S 7-6-42, transferred to 121S 16-9-42, transferred to 335th FS USAAF 15-10-42, transferred to 602S 29-6-43, to Air Service Training,

assigned to 234S 'AZ-S' 24-1-44, engine failed aircraft abandoned into sea nr Eddystone Lighthouse 19-6-44, SOC.

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Units served with

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Colerne, Wiltshire, UK 26 April 1942 Delivered to No 39 MU 26-4-42.

Assigned

Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset DT2, UK 7 June 1942 Assigned to 19 Sqn 7-6-42.

Other

Transferred

North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK 16 September 1942 Transferred to 121 [Eagle] Sqn 16-9-42.

Other

Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 15 October 1942 Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 15-10-42.

Other

Transferred

Kingsnorth, Ashford, Kent, UK 29 June 1943 Transferred to 602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn 29-6-43.

Other

Factory repair

Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK 20 November 1943 - 23 January 1944 To Air Service Training for repair.

Assigned

Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire LS24, UK 24 January 1944 Assigned to 234 Sqn 'AZ-S' 24-1-44.

Crashed

Eddystone Lighthouse 19 June 1944 Engine failed, aircraft abandoned into sea nr Eddystone Lighthouse 19-6-44.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Church Fenton, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire LS24, UK 20 June 1944 Struck Off Charge.

Manufactured

Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.

Date
Contributorapollo11
Changes
Sources

Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.

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