BM260 Popeye's Pal (G.Wimpey & Co.)
Object Number - UPL 14215 - Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb BM260 of No. 133 (Eagle) Squadron at Biggin Hill.
Supermarine Spitfire BM260 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 5 MU 25-Mar-42, assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 12-Apr-42, transferred to 313S 5-42, Failed To Return FTR ops, shot down by enemy fighter over France, aircraft crashed into English Channel near Boulogne. Pilot Sgt Miroslav Borkovec KIA, 17-May-42.
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
RAF Lyneham Flying Club, Kemble, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6BA, UK | 25 March 1942 | Delivered to No 5 MU 25-Mar-42. |
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Assigned |
London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Road, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 12 April 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 12-Apr-42. Pilot Sqn Ldr Eric Hugh Thomas RAFVR. |
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Crashed |
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France | 17 May 1942 | Failed To Return FTR ops, shot down by enemy fighter over France, aircraft crashed into English Channel near Boulogne. Pilot Sgt Miroslav Borkovec KIA. 7th victim of III/JG26 Hauptmann Johann Aistleitner. |
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Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
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Other Transferred |
Fairlop, Ilford, Ilford, Greater London IG6, UK | Transferred to 313 Sqn May-42. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/runnymede/
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/aistleitner.html
Jeremy mitchell, Bruce Robertson, Spitfire - The Story of a Famous Fighter
Spitfire Production List.
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/runnymede/
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/aistleitner.html
Spitfire Production List.
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/runnymede/
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/aistleitner.html
Spitfire Production List.
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/runnymede/
http://www.luftwaffe.cz/aistleitner.html
Personal research & 'The Debden Eagles' by Garry L. Fry.
