AB896

Supermarine Spitfire AB896 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

delivered to No 45 MU 10-8-41, assigned to 71S 27-8-41, transferred to 403S 31-12-41, transferred to 131S 10-5-42, transferred to 5th PS, 52nd FG, 8th AF USAAF 5-9-42, transferred to No 215 MU 7-11-42, loaded onto SS Baron Inchcape 18-12-42, to USSR 24-3-43.

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Event Location Date Description

Delivered

10 August 1941 Delivered to No 45 MU 10-8-41.

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 27 August 1941 Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 27-8-41.

Other

Transferred

31 December 1941 Transferred to 403 Sqn 31-12-41.

Other

Transferred

10 May 1942 Transferred to 131 Sqn 10-5-42.

Other

Transferred

5 September 1942 Transferred to 5th PS, 52nd FG, 8th AF USAAF 5-9-42.

Other

Transferred

7 November 1942 Transferred to No 215 MU 7-11-42.

Other

Loaded SS Baron Inchcape

Loch Ewe, United Kingdom 18 December 1942 Loaded onto SS Baron Inchcape 18-12-42.

Other

Shipped Overseas

Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, Russia 24 March 1943 To Murmansk or Arkhangelsk, USSR 24-3-43.

Manufactured

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

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Spitfire Production List.

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Spitfire Production List.