P8249
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire P8249 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
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P8366
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire P8366 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 8 MU 20-4-41, assigned to 66S 24-4-41, transferred to 1CRU 22-5-41
transferred to 19S 31-7-41, transferred to 133S 18-11-41, transferred to 53 OTU 26-2-42,
air collision with P8249 crashed Car Park Minehead Cat CE 8-4-42, ASTE 9-4-42.
Service
Aircraft
Units
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No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
Squadron
'On 1 August 1941, No. 133 reformed at Coltishall as the third 'Eagle' Squadron manned by American personnel. Equipped with Hurricanes it became operational at the end of September. The next month the Squadron moved to Northern Ireland, returning to...
Places
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Biggin Hill
Military site : airfield
An RAF Station with US lodger units. USAAF Spitfires and P-38s were attached to RAF No 11 Group stations in mid-1942 for training; also used for special operations by British and US forces. -
Duxford
Military site : airfield
RAF Duxford, now a museum and still a working airfield, was operated by the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. The base was briefly the home of the 350th Fighter Group in late 1942, but it was not until April 1943 that it became a fully American station when the...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | April 1941 |
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Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
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| Delivered | Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54, UK | 20 April 1941 |
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Delivered to No 8 MU 20-4-41 |
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| Assigned | Perranporth, Cornwall, UK | 24 April 1941 |
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Assigned to 66S 24-4-41. |
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| Presentation Spitfire | Perranporth, Cornwall, UK | 24 April 1941 |
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Presentation Spitfire named 'Palembang (N.E.I.)' |
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| Factory repair | Cowley, Oxford, Oxford OX4, UK | 22 May 1941 |
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To 1 Civilian Repair Unit 22-5-41. |
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| Transferred | Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QP, UK | 31 July 1941 |
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Transferred to 19S 31-7-41. |
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| Transferred | North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK | 18 November 1941 |
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Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 18-11-41. |
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| Transferred | Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | 26 February 1942 |
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Transferred to 53 OTU 26-2-42. |
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| Crashed | Minehead, Somerset, UK | 8 April 1942 |
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In collision with Spitfire P8249 [Cat A, Sgt J Tarbuck OK] of the same unit during air combat practice. Crash-landed in the southern side of the car park at Minehead Railway Station. Declared Cat E DBR 8-4-42. Pilot Sgt R H Orlebar survived with injuries. |
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| Crashed | Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, UK | 9 April 1942 |
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Air Service Training 9-4-42. Written Off DBR. |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 24 February 2016 22:50:29 | Al_Skiff | Changes to unit associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 January 2016 22:38:07 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, nicknames, markings, description, events, aircraft associations, unit associations and place associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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