AB810
Supermarine Spitfire AB810 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 12 MU 17-8-41, assigned to 71S 26-8-41, shot down by Fw190s on sweep to Hazebrouck 12-4-42 P/O Ben F Mays KIA. SOC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: 106509
- Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-9983A
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Group Commander
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Kirkbride Airfield, Wigton, Cumbria CA7, UK | 17 August 1941 | Delivered to No 12 MU 17-8-41 |
Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 26 August 1941 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 26-8-41. |
Other E/A probable |
Mardyck, France | 27 September 1941 | Claimed Bf109F probable between Mardyck and Mazingarbe, pilot F/O Chesley G Peterson. 27-9-41. |
Crashed |
Hazebrouck, France | 12 April 1942 | Shot down by Fw190's on sweep to Hazebrouck 12-4-42 P/O Ben F Mays KIA. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 13 April 1942 | Struck Off Charge. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_peterson_c_g.php
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_peterson_c_g.php