MB945 Lu Mar II
Supermarine Spitfire MB945 PR Mk XIT, Built at Chattis Hill.
FF 5-10-43, delivered to RAF Benson 7-10-43, assigned to 14PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF 30-10-43. Lost, MACR speculates pilot lost and ran out of Gas in nothern France, possibly fell into German hands and used by Zirkus Rosarius as T9+BB, Pilot Franklyn K Van Wart, 14PRS 7PRG 8AF POW 1-3-44. MACR 2744.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-886061
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Manufactured Failed to Return (FTR) Over Water (OW) |
Chattis Hill, Spitfire Ln, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK | 5 October 1943 - 1 March 1944 | Built at Chattis Hill. First flew 5-10-43. |
Delivered |
Royal Air Force, RAF Benson, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6AA, UK | 7 October 1943 | Delivered to RAF Benson 7-10-43. |
Assigned |
Mt Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK | 30 October 1943 | Assigned to 14PRS, 7PRG, 8AF USAAF 30-10-43. |
Crashed |
Nth France | 1 March 1944 | Lost, MACR speculates pilot lost and ran out of Gas in nothern France, possibly fell into German hands and used by Zirkus Rosarius as T9+BB, Pilot Lt Franklyn K Van Wart, 14PRS 7PRG 8AF POW 1-3-44. MACR 2744. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=MB945&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28738786/
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=MB945&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28738786/
MACR 2744 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database