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
- 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: 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
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
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
Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
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Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
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