ER559

Supermarine Spitfire ER559 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

45 MU 27-Sep-42

222 MU 11-Oct-42 Packing Depot

Loaded aboard SS 626 20-Oct-42

Shipped to Gibraltar 6-Nov-42

Ferry Flight NW Africa

5FS 52FG 12AF USAAF

Struck Off Charge 31-Jul-43

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Units served with

Events

Event Location Date Description

Crashed

Ain Mazouala, El Madher, Algeria 1 February 1943 Forced Landing Ain-Mazuella ALG Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Jack D Templeton, 1-Feb-43. 5FS 52FG 12AF.

Manufactured

Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Assigned

Avenue des martyrs de la Révolution, Oran, Algeria Assigned to 5FS 52FG 12AF USAAF.

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Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=ER559&Submit4=Go