BL582

Supermarine Spitfire BL582 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 38 MU 24-Dec-41, assigned to 308S 28-Jan-42, Flying accident Cat AC 25-Mar-42, Air Service Training Heston, assigned to 71S 21-Aug-42, transferred to 334USAAF 1-Oct-42, transferred to 39MU RNDA 24-Mar-44, transferred to 33MU 15-Apr-44, Cunliffe-Owen 12-May-44 mods, assigned to 761S Henstridge 20-Jun-44 as trainer, SOC 21-Mar-45.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron 4th Fighter Group
  • Service Numbers: O-885687
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 356th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885105
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot / Squadron Commander
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-885173
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Fighter Pilot

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Llandow, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan CF71, UK 24 December 1941 Delivered to No 38 MU 24-Dec-41.

Assigned

Woodvale, Southport, Southport, Merseyside PR8, UK 28 January 1942 Assigned to 308S 28-Jan-42.

Crashed

Woodvale, Southport, Southport, Merseyside PR8, UK 25 March 1942 Flying accident Cat AC 25-Mar-42.

Other

Factory repair

Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK 26 March 1942 - 23 April 1942 To Air Service Training Heston for repair.

Assigned

Gravesend, Kent, UK 21 August 1942 Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 21-Aug-42.

Other

Transferred

Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK 1 October 1942 Transferred to 334th FS USAAF 1-Oct-42.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Calais, France 2 October 1942 Fw190 destroyed Calais - Dunkirk, pilot Lt Oscar H Coen. 2-Oct-42.

Other

Transferred

Colerne, Wiltshire, UK 24 March 1944 Transferred to 39 MU RNDA 24-Mar-44.

Other

Transferred

Lyneham, Wiltshire, UK 15 April 1944 Transferred to 33 MU 15-Apr-44.

Other

Factory Mods

Southampton, Southampton, UK 12 May 1944 To Cunliffe-Owen 12-May-44 mods.

Assigned

Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK 20 June 1944 Assigned to 761S Henstridge 20-Jun-44 as trainer.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK 21 March 1945 Struck Off Charge.

Manufactured

Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_a…
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_c…

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_a…
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_c…