BL321
Supermarine Spitfire BL321 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 33 MU 18-11-41, assigned to 124S 28-11-41, transferred to 71S 8-6-42, Flying accident Cat AC damage 1-7-42, Air Service Training Cv Seafire Ib reserialled NX955 4-3-43, 761S Henstridge 5-43 to 7-44, Port oleo collapsed landing Cat X1 4-1-44 (Lt AR Linstead), 748S Dale/St.Merryn 11-44 to 1-46.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Royal Air Force, Raf Station Lyneham, Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 4PZ, UK | 18 November 1941 | Delivered to No 33 MU 18-11-41. |
Assigned |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Road, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 28 November 1941 | Assigned to 124 Sqn 28-11-41. |
Other E/A Kill |
North Sea | 17 December 1941 | Ju88 kill, over North Sea. pilot Sq Ldr Raymond M B Duke-Wooley, 12/17/41. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 8 June 1942 | Transferred to 71 Sqn 8-6-42. |
Crashed |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 July 1942 | Flying accident Cat AC damage 1-7-42. |
Other Factory Converted |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 2 July 1942 - 4 March 1943 | To Air Service Training Converted to Seafire Mk Ib reserialled NX955 4-3-43. |
Crashed |
Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK | 4 January 1944 | Port oleo collapsed landing Cat X1 4-1-44, pilot Lt A R Linstead. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
Other Assigned |
Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK | To RN Fleet Air Arm 761 RNAS. | |
Other Transferred |
Saint Merryn, Padstow, Cornwall PL28, UK | Transferred to 748 RNAS Dale/St.Merryn 11-44 to 1-46. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces of WWII, Volume One, Volume 2 By Christopher Shores and Clive Williams
http://www.cieldegloire.com/002_raf_duke-wooley_r_m_b.php
Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the British and Commonwealth Forces of WWII, Volume One, Volume 2 By Christopher Shores and Clive Williams
http://www.cieldegloire.com/002_raf_duke-wooley_r_m_b.php