BS279

Supermarine Spitfire BS279 Mk IX, Built at Rolls Royce Hucknall.

FF 16-8-42, assigned to 133S 17-8-42, Ran out of fuel and force landed in Brest Peninsula 26-9-42 pilot Capt Marion E. Jackson POW.

This aircraft was originally assigned to 133 Squadron RAF but transferred to 8th Air Force, 4th Fighter Group, 336th Fighter Squadron on 22-August-1942. The aircraft was flown by Capt Marion E. Jackson in escort of American bombers attacking the German airfield of Porjeau at Morlaix, France. The aircraft was listed MIA over the Brest Peninsula, but Capt Marion was able to abandon it and was captured as a POW.

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People

Marion Elmo Jackson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885117
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK 16 August 1942 Built at Rolls Royce Hucknall. First flew 16-8-42.

Assigned

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 17 August 1942 Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 17-8-42.

Crashed

Brest, France 26 September 1942 Ran out of fuel and force landed in Brest Peninsula 26-9-42 pilot Capt Marion E. Jackson POW.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 27 September 1942 Struck Off Charge.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/the-morlaix-show.html

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/the-morlaix-show.html

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 28-Oct-2014. Correction to mission association.

Date
ContributorLee8thbuff
Changes
Sources

Lee Cunningham 22-Oct-2014 "Losses of the 8th a & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A Hey MBE; National Archives Records Administration (NARA) POW records; Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Operations_Group