L1028

Supermarine Spitfire L1028 Mk Ia Const #242, Built at Eastleigh.

FF 21-6-39. Delivered to 66S 26-6-39, transferred to 616S 11-11-39, Air Service Training Heston 2-2-40, assigned to No 7 OTU 16-8-40, flying accident Cat AC damage 6-2-41, Air Service Training converted Mk Va Merlin 45, assigned to 145S 26-11-41, transferred to 134S 20-12-41, transferred to 133S 28-12-41, transferred to 134S 31-12-41, transferred to 133S 2-1-42, transferred to No 58 MU 16-1-42, flying accident Cat CB damage,

Westland 16-1-42, Vickers Armstrong South Marsden 24-10-42 fuel system mods wing stiff,

assigned to No 52 OTU 11-9-43, Fighter Leaders School 2-2-44, assigned to No 57 OTU 8-9-44, overturned in soft ground on landing Eshott FA Cat CB damage 21-4-45, recat E SOC 22-4-45.

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Units served with

No 121 'Eagle' Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Type Category: Fighter

Places

Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod to reach out for an American flag flying from a flag pole. A group of American airmen look on. They wear the insignia of the RAF Eagle Squadrons, the forerunners of the squadrons of the 4th Fighter Group. Passed for publication on 27 November 1941. Printed caption on reverse: 'Pilot Officer Kenneth Le Roy Holder from Buena Park, California, stands on the shoulders of Pilot Officer Donald William McLeod from

Biggin Hill

Site type: Airfield

Duxford

Site type: Airfield
Known as: "Duckpond"

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Manufactured	Woolston, Southampton, Southampton, UK	21 June 1939	Built at Woolston. First flew 21-6-39.
Assigned	Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QP, UK	26 June 1939	Delivered to 66S 26-6-39.
Other Transferred	Leconfield, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17, UK	11 November 1939	Transferred to 616S 11-11-39.
Crashed	Leconfield, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17, UK	8 January 1940	Landing in formation at Leconfield at dusk when the aircraft hit a wire fence. 8-1-40.
Other Factory repair	Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, UK	2 February 1940	To Air Service Training Hamble 2-2-40.
Assigned	Tern Hill, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9, UK	28 July 1940	Sent to 24 MU at Ternhill on 28-7-40.
Assigned	Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK	16 August 1940	Assigned to No 7 OTU 16-8-40.
Crashed	Sealand, Flintshire, UK	6 February 1941	Flying accident Cat AC damage 6-2-41. Suffered slight damage when a wing tip hit the ground on landing at Sealand.
Crashed	Wrexham, Wrexham, Wrexham, UK	5 July 1941	Stalled on landing at Wrexham and undercarriage collapsed. 5-7-41.
Other Factory repair / conversion	Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, UK	11 July 1941 - 24 October 1941	Air Service Training converted Mk Va Merlin 45.
Assigned	Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54, UK	25 October 1941	Assigned to 8 MU at Little Rissington 25-10-41.
Assigned	Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10, UK	24 November 1941	Assigned to 145S 24-11-41.
Other Transferred	Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10, UK	26 December 1941	Transferred to 134S 26-12-41.
Other Transferred	Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK	28 December 1941	Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 28-12-41.
Other Transferred	Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10, UK	31 December 1941	Transferred to 134S 31-12-41.
Other Transferred	Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK	2 January 1942	Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 2-1-42.
Other Transferred	Newark-on-Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24, UK	16 January 1942	Transferred to No 58 MU 16-1-42.
Crashed	Newark-on-Trent, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24, UK	16 January 1942	Flying accident suffered unspecified Cat CB damage on 16th January 1942.
Other Factory repair	Yeovil, Somerset, UK	26 January 1942 - 25 February 1942	To Westland 26-1-42.
Other Factory Mods	South Marston, Swindon, Swindon SN3, UK	24 October 1942	To Vickers Armstrong South Marsden 24-10-42 fuel system mods wing stiff.
Assigned	Wroughton, Swindon, Swindon SN4, UK	28 March 1943	Assigned to 15 MU at Wroughton (ASU) on 28-3-43.
Assigned	Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK	11 September 1943	Assigned to No 52 OTU 11-9-43.
Other Transferred	Millfield, Bedlington, Northumberland NE22 5DY, UK	2 February 1944	Transferred to Fighter Leaders School 2-2-44.
Assigned	Eshott, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65, UK	8 September 1944	Assigned to No 57 OTU 8-9-44.
Crashed	Eshott, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65, UK	21 April 1945	Overturned in soft ground on landing Eshott Flying accident Cat CB damage 21-4-45
Other Struck Off Charge SOC	Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK	22 April 1945	Recat E, Struck Off Charge 22-4-45.

Revisions

Date25 Feb 2016 09:03:41

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Date18 Jan 2016 20:00:08

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Date18 Jan 2016 19:40:23

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Date18 Jan 2016 19:34:15

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Spitfire Production List.
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