R6890

Supermarine Spitfire R6890 Mk Ia Const #849, Built at Eastleigh.

First Flew 4-Jul-40

8MU 8-Jul-40

cannon wing fitted

19S 11-Jul-40

Rolls Royce Hucknall 8-Feb-41 Merlin 45 install

92S 8-Mar-41

damaged by Bf109 15-5-41

92S

damaged by Bf109 12-6-41

Air Service Training

616S 22-Jul-41

403S 12-Sep-41

Cat AC damage 13-Mar-42

Repair On Site

121S 13-Apr-42

Flying accident Cat CB damage 20-May-42

General Aircraft Ltd Converted to Mk Va Merlin 46

Phillips & Powis South Marston 12-Oct-42

guns removed fuel syst mods

316S 21-Jan-43

306S 16-Mar-43

Flying accident Cat AC damage 3-Aug-43

Repair On Site

312S 4-Dec-43

444S 27-Feb-44

53 Operational Training Unit 27-Jun-44

FA Cat AC damage 25-Aug-44

Repair On Site

Portsmouth Aviation 4-Oct-45

Struck Off Charge 13-Oct-45

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Units served with

People

Jim Daley of No. 121 Eagle Squadron, RAF with his Spitfire Mk. V. Handwritten caption on reverse: '121 E.S. Fox Studio Photo U.K. Jim Daley, Pilot.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (371st Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885103
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

E/A destroyed

Dover, Kent, UK 12 June 1941 Bf109F destroyed Dover 12-Jun-41 pilot Fl Lt Jamie Rankin.

Other

Transferred

Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK 13 April 1942 Transferred to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 13-Apr-42.

Other

E/A destroyed

Saint-Omer, France 17 May 1942 Fw190 destroyed St Omer 17-May-42 pilot F/O William J Daley.

Manufactured

Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK Built at Eastleigh.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/002_raf_rankin_j.php

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/002_raf_rankin_j.php