AR341
Supermarine Spitfire AR341 Mk Vb, Built at Westland.
Delivered to No 38 MU 24-2-42, assigned to 331S 28-3-42, Cat AC on Ops 29-7-42, ROS, assigned to 133S 29-9-42, transferred to 336th Sqn 1-10-42
Ditched after engine cut on a shipping patrol 13-2-43 5 miles E of Harwich.
Pilot, 2nd Lt Jap A Powell baled out, but was drowned before he could be rescued. His body was recovered later.
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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: 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885396
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 13 February 1943
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
Royal Air Force, Saint Athan, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan CF62 4WA, UK | 24 February 1942 | Delivered to No 38 MU 24-2-42. |
Assigned |
North Weald Airfield, Merlin Way, North Weald, Essex CM16 6HR, UK | 28 March 1942 | Assigned to 331 Sqn 28-3-42. |
Other Combat damage |
North Weald Airfield, Merlin Way, North Weald, Essex CM16 6HR, UK | 29 July 1942 | Cat AC damage on Op's 29-7-42. |
Other Repair On Site ROS |
North Weald Airfield, Merlin Way, North Weald, Essex CM16 6HR, UK | 30 July 1942 - 28 September 1942 | Repair On Site. |
Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 29 September 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 29-9-42. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 October 1942 | Transferred to 336th Sqn, 4th FG, 8th AF 1-10-42. |
Crashed |
13 February 1943 | Ditched after engine cut 13-2-43 5 miles E of Harwich while on a shipping patrol. Pilot, 2nd Lt Jap A Powell baled, drowned, body recovered. | |
Manufactured |
Yeovil, Somerset, UK | Built at Westland. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
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Spitfire Production List.
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Lee Cunningham 29-Jan-2015. All information per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A.Hey MBE and American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record.