BL287
Photo credit: Sobanski Collection, Cradle of Aviation Museum, NY
Supermarine Spitfire BL287 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 8 MU 2-11-41, assigned to 71S 6-11-41, Damaged by flak on bomber escort Cat B 29-4-42, 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
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: 114074
- Highest Rank: Pilot Officer
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54, UK | 2 November 1941 | Delivered to No 8 MU 2-11-41. |
Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 6 November 1941 | Aassigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn 6-11-41. Pilot P/O Leo Nomis. |
Other E/A kill 1/2 |
Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK | 17 April 1942 | 1/2 confirmed E/A kill Ju88, Off coast Felixstowe. Pilot P/O Leo S Nomis 17-4-42. Shared with P/O John Lynch. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 20 April 1942 | Struck Off Charge. |
Other Damaged by AA |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 April 1942 | Damaged by flak on bomber escort Cat B damage 29-4-42. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Tony Holmes.
American Spitfire Aces of World War 2 Aircraft of the Aces 80 by Andrew Thomas.
Spitfire Production List.
American Eagles: US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939-1945: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Tony Holmes.
American Spitfire Aces of World War 2 Aircraft of the Aces 80 by Andrew Thomas.