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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- 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. |
Revisions
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