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

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

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

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

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