AB976

Supermarine Spitfire AB976 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

6 MU 30-Aug-41

306S 6-Sep-41

303S 6-Oct-41

Air Service Training Heston 3-Dec-41

107ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF 16-Oct-42

31st Air Transport Group

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Events

Event Location Date Description

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E/A Destroyed

Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France 13 October 1941 Bf109E destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 13-Oct-41.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France 13 October 1941 Fw190 destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 13-Oct-41.

Other

E/A Destroyed

Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France 24 October 1941 Bf109F destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 24-Oct-41.

Other

Transferred

Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK 16 October 1942 Transferred to 107ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF 16-Nov-42.

Crashed

Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14, UK 7 March 1943 Taxiing accident Keevil/Sta 471 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Dwight R Smith, 7-Mar-43 107OS 67OG 8AF

Crashed

Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK 17 March 1943 Taxiing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt John W Braucht, 17-Mar-43. 107OS 67OG 8AF

Manufactured

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

Other

Transferred

Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12, UK Transferred to 31st Air Transport Group.

Revisions

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ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources

Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=AB976
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams