P7987
Supermarine Spitfire P7987 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to 12MU 10-2-41, assigned to 234S 13-3-41, combat Bf109 crash-landed 19-5-41, to Air Service Training for repair, assigned to 71S 10-8-41, transferred to 401S 19-9-41, transferred to 317S 13-10-41, transferred to 133S 10-11-41, transferred to 310S 25-11-41, transferred to 134S 31-12-41, transferred to 57OTU 24-6-42, to Air Service Training for repair 30-6-42, Flying accident Cat A damage 10-1-44, assigned to 39MU nea 21-11-44, SOC 3-5-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Kirkbride Airfield, Wigton, Cumbria CA7, UK | 10 February 1941 | Delivered to No 12 MU 10-2-41. |
Assigned |
RAF St Eval, Newquay, Cornwall TR8 4HP, UK | 13 March 1941 | Assigned to 234 Sqn 13-3-41. |
Crashed |
RAF St Eval, Newquay, Cornwall TR8, UK | 19 May 1941 | Crash-landed after combat with Bf109 19-5-41. |
Other Repaired |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 20 May 1941 | To Air Service Training. |
Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 August 1941 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn 10-8-41. |
Other Transferred |
RAF DIgby, Digby, Lincoln LN4 3LH, UK | 19 September 1941 | Transferred to 401 RCAF Sqn 19-9-41. |
Other Transferred |
Acklington, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65, UK | 13 October 1941 | Transferred to 317 Sqn [Polish] 13-10-41. |
Other Transferred |
Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK | 10 November 1941 | Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn 10-11-41. |
Other Transferred |
Dyce, Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, UK | 25 November 1941 | Transferred to 310 Sqn 25-11-41. |
Other Transferred |
Catterick, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10, UK | 31 December 1941 | Transferred to 134 Sqn 31-12-41. |
Other Transferred |
Elect Bay Mef Royal Air Force Sealand, Welsh Road, Sealand, Deeside, Flintshire CH5 2LS, UK | 24 June 1942 | Transferred to 57 OTU 24-6-42. |
Other Repaired |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 30 June 1942 | To Air Service Training repaired 30-6-42. |
Crashed |
10 January 1944 | Flying accident Cat A damage 10-1-44. | |
Assigned |
Colerne, Wiltshire, UK | 21 November 1944 | Assigned to No 39 MU nea 21-11-44. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Colerne, Wiltshire, UK | 3 May 1945 | Struck Off Charge 3-5-45. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |