EF710

Supermarine Spitfire EF710 Mk Vc Trop , Built at Westland.

33 MU 17-Jul-43

82 MU 27-Jul-43 Packing Depot

Loaded aboard SS 732 5-Aug-43

Shipped to Casablanca 18-Aug-43

Ferry Flight NAfrica 30-Nov-43

Assigned to 2FS 52FG 12AF USAAF 31-Jan-44

Shot down by Bf109 on fighter sweep Orvietto, Italy 19-Feb-44. Pilot Mike Encinias POW.

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Borgo, France 31 January 1944 Assigned to 2FS 52FG 12AF USAAF 31-Jan-44.

Crashed

05018 Orvieto TR, Italy 19 February 1944 Shot down by Bf109 on fighter sweep Orvietto, Italy 19-Feb-44. Pilot 2nd Lt Mike, Encinias POW. MACR 2693.

Manufactured

Yeovil, Somerset, UK Built at Westland.

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Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://raf-112-squadron.org/52ndfghonor_roll42_43.html
MACR 2693
https://www.fold3.com/image/28737355