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Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire LZ820 Mk Vc, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
9 MU 5-Apr-43
82 MU 15-Apr-43 Packing Depot
Loaded aboard SS Empire Barrie 2-May-43
Shipped to Casablanca 17-May-43
Assigned to 4FS 52FG 12AF USAAF May-43
Ran low on fuel, performed wheels up landing Borgataro Italy 19-Dec-43. Pilot Lt John Whittle Massey POW. MACR 1598.
SOC 29-Feb-44.
Group
Two of the Squadrons of the 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires with RAF Fighter Command in August and early September 1942 from northern Ireland. After these preparatory missions, the Group joined the Twelfth and then Fifteenth Air Force in the...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Manufactured | Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | April 1943 |
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Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
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| Assigned | Calvi, France | May 1943 |
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Assigned to 4FS 52FG 12AF USAAF May-43. |
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| Crashed | Borgotaro La Ghina, 43043 Borgo Val di Taro PR, Italy | 19 December 1943 |
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Ran low on fuel, performed wheels up landing Borgataro Italy 19-Dec-43. Pilot Lt John Whittle Massey POW. MACR 1598. |
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| Struck Off Charge SOC | Calvi, France | 29 February 1944 |
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Struck Off Charge 29-Feb-44. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 February 2016 18:39:45 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events and unit associations |
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Spitfire Production List. |
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