BL776 Buckeye Don
Object Number - UPL 17346 - 1st Lt Dominic 'Don' Gentile and Spitfire BL255 'Buckeye-Don', 336th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF.
1st Lt Don Gentile's Spitfire wore two kill markings above the boxing eagle, denoting the Ju 88 and Fw 190 he claimed north of Dieppe during the ill-fated 19 August 1942 raid. Supermarine Spitfire BL776 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
39MU 14-2-42
145S 13-6-42
133S 30-9-42
336S 1-10-42
DeH 18-8-43
Cunliffe-Owen 28-2-44 Cv
RNAS 880S Henstridge 9-4-44
as trainer 759S Yeovilton 9-44
761S Henstridge 1-45
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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: 4th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron 336th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (4th Fighter Group) No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885264
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot, Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885109
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Revisions
Information provided by Peter Randall from No 133 Squadron Operational Record Book (ORB)
Spitfire Production List.
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American Eagles - American volunteers in the RAF 1937-1943 by Tony Holmes
Spitfire Production List.
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American Eagles - American volunteers in the RAF 1937-1943 by Tony Holmes
