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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire PL790 PR Mk XI, Built at Aldermaston.
Benson 6-4-44
14th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF USAAF 20-4-44.
15th June 1944 1st Lt. Robert W. Dideriksen flew Spitfire PR Mk XI, serial number PL790, to cover recon targets at Evere/Fauville and Coulommiers. He was intercepted by Me-109’s near Paris and killed in action.
Group
Based for the majority of their service at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, the 7th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) took over three million intelligence photos during the course of 4,251 sorties over occupied Europe. The Group was awarded a Distinguished...
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group
15th June 1944 1st Lt. Robert W. Dideriksen flew Spitfire PR Mk XI, serial number PL790, to cover recon targets at Evere/Fauville and Coulommiers. He was intercepted by Me-109’s near Paris and killed in action. MACR 5671
Awards: AM (4OLC), PH.
Military site : airfield
Originally a grass airfield satellite for the RAF Photographic Reconnaissance Unit at nearby RAF Benson, Mount Farm was built in 1940-1941. It had three concrete runways, 49 dispersals (24 concrete pan type plus 25 PSP squares), and eight blister...
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| Manufactured | Aldermaston, Reading, West Berkshire RG7, UK | April 1944 |
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Built at Aldermaston. |
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| Delivered | Royal Air Force Station, Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 6AB, UK | 6 April 1944 |
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Delivered to RAF Benson 6-4-44. |
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| Assigned | Mount Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK | 20 April 1944 |
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Assigned to 14th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF USAAF 20-4-44. |
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| Crashed | Paris, France | 15 June 1944 |
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1st Lt. Robert W. Dideriksen flew Spitfire PR Mk XI, serial number PL790, to cover recon targets at Evere/Fauville and Coulommiers. He was intercepted by Me-109’s near Paris and killed in action. 15th June 1944. MACR 5671. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 12 August 2015 20:32:55 | Al_Skiff | Changes to description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 April 2015 12:16:38 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations |
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Amendment to unit |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 08 April 2015 12:10:54 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to unit associations |
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Details merged from duplicate entry to include information from MACR 5671 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 24 March 2015 21:16:17 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description and events |
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AAM Database. |
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