BS445
Supermarine Spitfire BS445 Mk IX, Const #3373, Built at Eastleigh.
FF 11-9-42, assigned to 133S 13-9-42, transferred to 331S 29-9-42, flying accident Cat CB damage 5-1-43, GAL M63 install, assigned to 332S 6-11-43, transferred to 317S, flying accident Cat AC damage 25-2-44, ROS, SOC 27-11-47.
Pictured after the 25th Feb 44 flying accident, repairs complete : https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=jaSpCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=Sp…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- 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
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Manufactured |
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | 11 September 1942 | Built at Eastleigh. First flew 11-9-42. |
Assigned |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 13 September 1942 | Assigned to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 13-9-42. |
Other Morlaix Disaster |
Bolt Head, Salcombe, Devon TQ8, UK | 26 September 1942 | BS445 slated for Morlaix mission, flown down to departure field, Bolthead. P/O Dominic S Gentile, Blown tire on takeoff, crashed into ditch. Scratched from mission. |
Other Transferred |
North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK | 29 September 1942 | Transferred to 331 Sqn (Norwegian) 29-9-42. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Calais, France | 9 November 1942 | E/A Claimed destroyed. Pilot Helmer Grundt-Spang 331Sqn. 9-11-42. |
Crashed |
London Southend Airport, Rochford, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 6YF, UK | 5 January 1943 | Flying accident Cat CB damage 5-1-43. Spitfire IX BS137 on landing collided with parked A/C. Pilot uninjured. |
Assigned |
North Weald Bassett, Epping, Essex CM16, UK | 6 November 1943 | Assigned to 332 Sqn (Norwegian) 6-11-43. |
Crashed |
Llanbedr, Llanbedr, Gwynedd LL45, UK | 25 February 1944 | Flying accident Cat AC damage 25-2-44. Damaged in accident during gunnery practice Llanbedr. |
Other Repair On Site ROS |
Llanbedr, Llanbedr, Gwynedd LL45, UK | 26 February 1944 - 15 March 1944 | Repair On Site. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | 27 November 1947 | Struck Off Charge 27-11-47. |
Other Factory repair |
Hanworth, Hampton, Hampton, Greater London TW12, UK | To General Aircraft Ltd repairs and Merlin 63 installed. | |
Other Transferred |
Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | Transferred to 317 Sqn 'Wilno' (Polish). Personal A/C Fl Lt Dobrinski. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
Polish Spitfire Aces by By Wojtek Matusiak.
RAF Southend by Peter Brown.
Aces High: A Further Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/the-morlaix-show.html
https://1942morlaixdisaster.wordpress.com/the-pilots/
Spitfire Production List.
Polish Spitfire Aces by By Wojtek Matusiak.
RAF Southend by Peter Brown.
Aces High: A Further Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/the-morlaix-show.html
https://1942morlaixdisaster.wordpress.com/the-pilots/