ER759

Supermarine Spitfire ER759 Mk VbT, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 39 MU 10-10-42, transferred to No 47 MU 15-10-42, loaded aboard SS Empire Day 22-10-42, shipped to Gibraltar 9-11-42, ferry flight to NW Africa, assigned to 4FS, 52FG, 12AF USAAF, overshot landing at Bone 16-2-43.

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Colerne, Wiltshire, UK 10 October 1942 Delivered to No 39 MU 10-10-42.

Other

Transferred

Sealand, Flintshire, UK 15 October 1942 Transferred to No 47 MU 15-10-42.

Other

Loaded aboard

Merseyside, UK 22 October 1942 Loaded aboard SS Empire Day 22-10-42.

Other

Shipped overseas

Gibraltar 9 November 1942 Shipped to Gibraltar 9-11-42.

Crashed

Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport (CZL), Constantine, Algeria 16 February 1943 Overshot landing at Bone 16-2-43.

Crashed

La Sebala du Khaïat, Tunisia 9 June 1943 Crashed La Sebala Tunisia, Cat 5 damage, pilot Lt Donald W Markley KIA, 9-6-43 4FS 52FG 12AF

Manufactured

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

Other

Ferry flight

Casablanca 20000, Morocco Ferry flight to NW Africa.

Assigned

Oran 31000, Algeria Assigned to 4FS, 52FG, 12AF USAAF.

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