EF751

Supermarine Spitfire EF751 Mk Vc, Built at Westland.

39 MU 26-Oct-43

222 MU 9-Nov-43 Packing Depot

Loaded aboard SS Fort George 4-Dec-43

Shipped to Casablanca 22-Dec-43

Assigned 12FS, 56FG USAAF 29-Feb-44

Transferred 5FS 52FG XIII fighter command

Lost Collicchio, Italy 17-Mar-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Richard A Ritchings POW. MACR 3176.

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Event Location Date Description

Assigned

29 February 1944 Assigned to 12FS, 56FG USAAF 29-Feb-44.

Crashed

Via Collicchio, 56043 Tremoleto PI, Italy 17 March 1944 One of a 5 ship weater recce, ambushed by Fw190's took hits to glycol system as evidenced by white smoke. Lost Collicchio, Italy 17-Mar-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Richard A Ritchings baled out POW. MACR 3176.

Manufactured

Yeovil, Somerset, UK Built at Westland.

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Transferred

Borgo, France Transferred to 5FS, 52FG XIII fighter command.

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