P8366 Palembang (N.E.I.)

Supermarine Spitfire P8366 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 8 MU 20-4-41, assigned to 66S 24-4-41, transferred to 1CRU 22-5-41

transferred to 19S 31-7-41, transferred to 133S 18-11-41, transferred to 53 OTU 26-2-42,

air collision with P8249 crashed Car Park Minehead Cat CE 8-4-42, ASTE 9-4-42.

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Units served with

Places

Line up of P-47 Thunderbolts of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, at Duxford air base. September 1944. Printed caption on reverse of print: '55432 AC - War Birds Home To Rest - Republic P-47 Thunderbolts lined up on an 8th Air Force field in England after a daylight sweep over Germany. Crews have finished inspections and refueling.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: "Duckpond"

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: Spitfire
  • Unit: No 133 'Eagle' Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54, UK 20 April 1941 Delivered to No 8 MU 20-4-41

Assigned

Perranporth, Cornwall, UK 24 April 1941 Assigned to 66S 24-4-41.

Other

Presentation Spitfire

Perranporth, Cornwall, UK 24 April 1941 Presentation Spitfire named 'Palembang (N.E.I.)'

Other

Factory repair

Cowley, Oxford, Oxford OX4, UK 22 May 1941 To 1 Civilian Repair Unit 22-5-41.

Other

Transferred

Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QP, UK 31 July 1941 Transferred to 19S 31-7-41.

Other

Transferred

North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK 18 November 1941 Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 18-11-41.

Other

Transferred

Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK 26 February 1942 Transferred to 53 OTU 26-2-42.

Crashed

Minehead, Somerset, UK 8 April 1942 In collision with Spitfire P8249 [Cat A, Sgt J Tarbuck OK] of the same unit during air combat practice. Crash-landed in the southern side of the car park at Minehead Railway Station. Declared Cat E DBR 8-4-42. Pilot Sgt R H Orlebar survived with injuries.

Crashed

Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, UK 9 April 1942 Air Service Training 9-4-42. Written Off DBR.

Manufactured

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

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