X4342
Supermarine Spitfire X4342 Mk Ia Const #1103, Built at Eastleigh.
First Flew 3-Sep-40 (CMG)
8 MU 5-Sep-40
6 MU 9-Sep-40 cannon wing fitted
19S 9-Sep-40
7 Operational Training Unit 10-Sep-40
Rolls Royce Hucknall 11-Jan-41 Converted to Mk Vb Merlin 45
Air Fighting Development Unit 24-Feb-41
92S 'QJ-P' 13-Mar-41
Rolls Royce Hucknall 15-Apr-41
damaged by Bf109 14-Jun-41
Air Service Training
316S 15-Oct-41
154S 13-Jun-42
121S 18-Jul-42
Cat AC damage on Op's 22-Jul-42 Rhubarb pilot F/O J M Sanders
340S 13-Sep-42
131S 27-Oct-42
Missing on ground attack mission to Ouistreham 18-Nov-42
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 6th Fighter Wing 335th Fighter Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Transferred |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 18 July 1942 | Transferred to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 18-Jul-42. |
Other Combat damage |
Calais, France | 22 July 1942 | Cat AC damage on Op's 22-Jul-42. Rhubarb - pilot F/O James M Sanders WIA. |
Crashed |
Ouistreham, France | 18 November 1942 | Missing on ground attack mission to Ouistreham 18-Nov-42. Shot down by Bf109. pilot Sgt Edward Appleton-Bach KIA. |
Manufactured |
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | Built at Eastleigh. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-al...
Walking D-Day by Paul Reed.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2633563/APPLETON-BACH,%20EDW…
Spitfire Production List.
https://backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-a…
Walking D-Day by Paul Reed.
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2633563/APPLETON-BACH,%20EDW…