W3110
Supermarine Spitfire W3110 Mk Va, Const #1645, Built at Chattis Hill.
First Flew 8-May-41
38 MU 10-May-41
64S 16-May-41
603S 'XT-G' 16-May-41
force-landed after combat with Bf109 over Channel 23-Jun-41
Heston Aircraft Ltd 26-Jun-41
FA Cat AC damage 30-Dec-41
Repair On Site
Scottish Aviation 18-Mar-42
2FS 52FG USAAF 3-Aug-42
109ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF
Air Service Training Heston 10-Aug-43
61 Operational Training Unit 25-Feb-44
Struck Off Charge 12-Oct-44
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 82nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-792814
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-666550
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other E/A Destroyed |
Calais, France | 14 June 1941 | Bf109 destroyed Calais, pilot Sqn Ldr Douglas W Anderson. 14-Jun-41. |
Other Transferred |
Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK | 3 August 1942 | Transferred to 2FS 52FG USAAF 3-8-42. |
Crashed |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | 2 April 1943 | Taxiing accident Atcham/Sta 342 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt August V DeGenaro, 2-Apr-43. 109OS 67OG 8AF. |
Crashed |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | 25 May 1943 | Take Off Accident Atcham/Sta 342 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Wilbur N Kelley, 25-May-43. 8AF. |
Manufactured |
Chattis Hill, Spitfire Ln, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK | Built at Chattis Hill. | |
Other Transferred |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | Transferred to 109ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF. |