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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- 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
- Site type: Airfield
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
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
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