EN127
Supermarine Spitfire EN127 Mk IX, Const #3595, Built at Chattis Hill.
FF 7-11-42, assigned to 336th USAAF 8-11-42, transferred to 401S 26-11-42, transferred to 306S 28-11-42, to Heston Aircraft Ltd 7-12-42, to Air Service Training 27-2-43 mods, assigned to 316S 14-3-43, transferred to 302S 11-1-44, transferred to 80S 29-5-44, transferred to 310S, Missing presumed crashed in sea nr Pas de Calais 31-8-44 F/Sgt F Rehor KIA.
Participant - Ramrod 99 to escort returning B-17's from a raid over the Ruhr 22-6-43 pilot Fl Lt Jan Falkowski
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Manufactured |
Chattis Hill, Spitfire Ln, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK | 7 November 1942 | Built at Chattis Hill. First flew 7-11-42. |
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Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 8 November 1942 | Assigned to 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 8-11-42. |
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Other Transferred |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Rd, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 26 November 1942 | Transferred to 401 (City of Westmount) RCAF Sqn 26-11-42. |
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Other Factory repairs |
Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | 7 December 1942 - 26 February 1943 | To Heston Aircraft Ltd 7-12-42. |
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Other Factory repairs |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 27 February 1943 - 13 March 1943 | to Air Service Training for mods 27-2-43. |
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Assigned |
Northolt, Greater London, UK | 14 March 1943 | Assigned to 316 (Warszawski) Polish Sqn 14-3-43. |
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Other E/A Damaged |
13 May 1943 | Fw190 damaged pilot Sq Ldr Zygmunt Bienkowski, 13-5-43. | |
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Other Mission - Ramrod 99 |
22 June 1943 | Participant - Ramrod 99 to escort returning B-17's from a raid over the Ruhr 22-6-43 pilot Fl Lt Jan Falkowski. | |
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Other Transferred |
Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22, UK | 11 January 1944 | Transferred to 302 Sqn (City of Poznan) Polish 11-1-44. |
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Other Transferred |
Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, UK | 29 May 1944 | Transferred to 80 Sqn 29-5-44. |
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Crashed |
Pas-de-Calais, France | 31 August 1944 | Missing on Ramrod 1729 presumed crashed in sea nr Pas de Calais 31-8-44 F/Sgt F Rehor KIA. |
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Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 1 September 1944 | Struck Off Charge. |
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Other Transferred |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | Transferred to 310 Sqn. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
Polish Spitfire Aces By Wojtek Matusiak, Robert Grudzien
http://www.cieldegloire.com/sq_raf_310.php
http://www.polishairforce.pl/bienkowski.html