P8191
Supermarine Spitfire P8191 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
45MU 14-Mar-41
41S 7-Apr-41
401S 7-Apr-41
401S 9-Sep-41
317S 13-Oct-41
133S 'MD-G' 14-Nov-41
134S 31-Dec-41
53 OTU 11-Feb-42
61 OTU 13-Jan-43
Flying accident Cat AC damage 8-Mar-43
Central Gunnery School 2-Sep-43
Collided with bowser taxying at Catfoss damaged Cat CB 14-Jul-44
London Midland Scotland Railways repair 25-Jul-44
recat E
SOC 16-Aug-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Transferred |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 14 November 1941 | Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 'MD-G' 14-Nov-41. |
Crashed |
Catfoss, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire HU11, UK | 14 July 1944 | Spitfire P8191 was damaged when it collided with a fuel bowser whilst taxying at RAF Station Catfoss. The pilot, F/O W.G.H. Binnie, appears to have survived the accident, but the death is recorded of AC2 Edward George Parker, RAFVR at the Central Gunnery School, Catfoss on this date. It may be that AC2 Parker was an occupant of the bowser. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=170032
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=170032