BL518
Supermarine Spitfire BL518 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 5 MU 12-12-41, assigned to 313S 28-12-41, transferred to 154S 24-6-42,
transferred to 71S 18-7-42, 41S 10-42, flew into hill with BM573 and R7296 Tarrennendre Merioneth 22-10-42, SOC.
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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 |
RAF Lyneham Flying Club, Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6BA, UK | 12 December 1941 | Delivered to No 5 MU 12-12-41. |
Assigned |
Hornchurch, Greater London, UK | 28 December 1941 | Assigned to 313 Sqn (Czechoslovak) 28-12-41. |
Other Transferred |
Hornchurch, Greater London, UK | 24 June 1942 | Transferred to 154 Sqn 24-6-42. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 18 July 1942 | Transferred to 71 [Eagle] Sqn 18-7-42. |
Crashed |
Tarrenhendre, Tywyn, Gwynedd LL36, UK | 22 October 1942 | Flew into hill with BM573 [Fl Lt Frank Gillitt KIFA] and R7296[F/O Ronald Harrison KIFA] on training flight from RAF Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales. Tarrennendre, Merioneth 22-10-42. Pilot F/O Thomas Scott KIFA. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
24 October 1942 | Struck Off Charge. | |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
Other Transferred |
Llanbedr, Llanbedr, Gwynedd LL45, UK | Transferred to 41 Sqn 10-42. |
Revisions
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Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=166712
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=166712