BL583
Supermarine Spitfire BL583 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
6 MU 28-Dec-41
71S 17-Jan-42
Air Service Training Heston 31-Aug-42
Vickers Armstrong South Marston 17-Apr-43 fuel syst mods wing stiffened
313S 24-Jun-43
66S 14-Aug-43
Flying accident Cat AC damage 27-Aug-43
340S 'GW-V'
Into sea on shipping recce off Lizard Point 17-Nov-43 pilot Sgt P N A Tummers KIA
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885115
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Squadron Commander
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Ostend, Belgium | 6 January 1942 | Fw190 destroyed Ostend. Pilot F/O Gregory A 'Gus' Daymond. 6-Jan-42. |
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Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 17 January 1942 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 17-Jan-42. |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Île de Batz, 29253 Île-de-Batz, France | 23 October 1943 | Fw190 12./Jg2 destroyed 10 miles Nth of Ile de Batz. Pilot F/Lt George Elcombe, 23-Oct-43. |
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Crashed |
Lizard Point Youth Hostel, Lizard, Helston, Cornwall TR12 7NT, UK | 17 November 1943 | Crashed into sea on shipping recce off Lizard Point 17-Nov-43 pilot Sgt P N A Tummers KIA. |
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Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=12366
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_daymond_g_a.php
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
Spitfire Production List.
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=12366
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_daymond_g_a.php
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.