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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire AB827 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 37 MU 24-8-41, assigned to 71S 10-9-41, missing from ground attack mission 20-10-41.
Squadron
'On 19 September 1940, No. 71 was reformed at Church Fenton as the first 'Eagle' Squadron to be manned by American personnel. The Squadron received Hurricanes in November and became operational on defensive duties on 5 February 1941. No. 71 converted...
Military | Colonel | Fighter Pilot-1055 Squadron Commander | 356th Fighter Group
Oscar Coen was born in Wallum, North Dakota on 11 May 1917. He spent his boyhood on a Wisconsin dairy farm. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison with a bachelor of science degree.
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Military site : airfield
Used as an RFC and RAF Home Defence landing ground during the First World War, Kirton-in-Lindsey was built during 1938-40 as an RAF fighter station. It had two grass runways, 10 hardstandings, three grouped C hangars and four over-blister hangars....
Military site : airfield
Opened in 1917 as home to the RFC Aeroplane Experimental Unit, Martlesham Heath became well known during the 1920s-30s as home to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment. Used as an RAF fighter station from 1939, with only a grass airfield...
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| Manufactured | Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | August 1941 |
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Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. 8-41. |
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| Assigned | Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 September 1941 |
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Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 10-9-41. |
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| E/A Probable | Mazingarbe, France | 27 September 1941 |
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Bf109E probable Mazingarbe, pilot P/O Oscar H Coen. 27-9-41. |
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| E/A Kill | Dunkirk, France | 16 October 1941 |
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Hs126 destroyed 5 miles SE Dunkirk, P/O Carroll W McColpin. 16-10-41. |
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| Crashed | Calais, France | 20 October 1941 |
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Missing from ground attack mission 20-10-41. Pilot P/O Oscar H Coen was flying a two ship low-level Rhubarb flight looking for "targets of opportunity" over Calais. He was hit by the debris from a train he had just attacked and forced to bale out a few miles south of the town. He hurt both ankles in the landing but still managed to walk about 3 miles before finding someone to help him. He managed to evade capture and via the Resistance to return to England via the Pyrenees and the Barcelona Consulate. |
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| Struck Off Charge SOC | 21 October 1941 | |
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Struck Off Charge. 21-10-41. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 February 2016 14:31:43 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations and place associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 August 2015 20:00:15 | Al_Skiff | Changes to events |
| Sources | ||
Spitfire Production List. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 August 2015 19:58:15 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations, person associations and place associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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