AA924
Supermarine Spitfire AA924 Mk Vb Const #2228, Built at High Post.
FF 27-10-41, Delivered to No 9 MU 11-1941,
assigned to 501S 7-11-41, flying accident Cat CB damage 1-4-42, ROS,
transferred to 72S 26-4-42, transferred to 306S 18-5-42, transferred to 133S 29-9-42, transferred to 336S 1-10-42, air collision with Mosquito HJ643 crashed nr Atcham CE 28-8-43, SOC.
Connections
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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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 6th Fighter Wing Headquarters Squadron (6th Fighter Wing)
- Service Numbers: O-399769
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 27th Air Transport Group 4th Fighter Group 310th Ferry Squadron 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron 52nd Fighter Control Squadron Headquarters (65th Fighter Wing) No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885180
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Manufactured |
High Post, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4, UK | 27 October 1941 | Built at High Post. First flew 27-10-41. |
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Assigned |
Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, UK | 7 November 1941 | Assigned to 501S 7-11-41. |
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Crashed |
Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, UK | 1 April 1942 | Flying accident Cat CB damage 1-4-42. |
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Other Repair On Site ROS |
Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex, UK | 2 April 1942 - 5 May 1942 | Repair On Site. |
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Other Transferred |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Rd, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 26 April 1942 | Transferred to 72S 26-4-42. |
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Other E/A damaged [1/2 share] |
Le Havre, France | 30 April 1942 | Pilot P/O Colloredo Mansfield one of a pair of Spitfires [AA924/BM384] engaging E/A fighters on a Rodeo to Le Havre escorting Boston bombers. E/A damaged. |
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Other Transferred |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Rd, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 18 May 1942 | Transferred to 306 'Torunski' Polish Squadron 18-5-42. |
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Other Transferred |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Rd, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 29 September 1942 | Transferred to 133[Eagle]Sqn RAF 29-9-42. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 October 1942 | Transferred to 336S 1-10-42. |
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Crashed |
Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | 28 August 1943 | Air collision with de Havilland Mosquito HJ643 crashed nr Atcham Cat CE damage DBR 8-8-43. Pilot Major Henry Ol Asselin KIA. |
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Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 August 1943 | Struck Off Charge. |
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Delivered |
Cosford, Wolverhampton, Shropshire WV7, UK | Delivered to No 9 MU 11-1941. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=118835
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_s…
Swift to Battle: No. 72 Squadron RAF in Action, Volume 1 By Tom Docherty.
Spitfire Production List.
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=118835
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_s…
Swift to Battle: No. 72 Squadron RAF in Action, Volume 1 By Tom Docherty.