ES340

Supermarine Spitfire ES340 Mk Vc, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

45 MU 6-Dec-42

222 MU 18-Dec-42 Packing Depot

Loaded aboard SS 652 2-Jan-43

Shipped to Gibraltar 18-Jan-43

Assigned to 307FS, 31FG, 12AF USAAF

Lost over Sicily 11-Jul-43 Flight of four Spits covering landing at Gela, engine problems so headed for base Gozo, Malta. Pilot 2nd Lt August L Goldenburg MIA/KIA.



NB: Serial misidentified as FS340 in MACR 1010.

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Crashed

Gela CL, Italy 11 July 1943 Lost over Sicily 11-Jul-43 Flight of four Spits covering landing at Gela, engine problems so headed for base Gozo, Malta . Pilot 2nd Lt August L Goldenburg MIA/KIA.

Manufactured

Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Assigned

Gozo, Malta Assigned to 307FS, 31FG, 12AF USAAF.

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