W3138

Supermarine Spitfire W3138 Mk Va Const #1628, Built at Eastleigh.

First Flew 30-Apr-41

5 MU 4-May-41

603S 27-Jun-41

Damaged by Bf109 30-Jun-41

1 Civilian Repair Unit 4-Oct-41

164S 29-Apr-42

602S 10-Sep-42

82Grp USAAF 11-Nov-42

Hq Sqn 8AF USAAF 43

Repair On Site 17-Nov-42

Cat AC damage on Op's 22-Oct-43

Repair On Site

Miles Aircraft 3-Aug-44

Struck Off Charge 7-Aug-44

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Units served with

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

E/A Destroyed

Saint-Omer, France 23 July 1941 Bf109E destroyed Nth St Omer, pilot P/O John Hurst.

Other

E/A Probable

Dunkirk, France 19 August 1941 Bf109E probable East Dunkirk, pilot P/O John Hurst.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Saint-Omer, France 27 September 1941 Bf109E destroyed St Omer, pilot P/O Rainford G Marland

Other

Transferred

Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK 11 November 1942 Transferred to 82 Grp USAAF.

Other

Transferred

18 October 1943 Transferred to Hq Sqn 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Maghaberry, Craigavon, Lisburn BT67, UK 18 October 1943 Landing accident RAF Maghaberry IRE Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Adrian A G Talbot, 18-Oct-43. Hq Sqn 8AF.

Manufactured

Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK Built at Eastleigh.

Revisions

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Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=W3138
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams