ER538
Supermarine Spitfire ER538 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
45 MU 23-Sep-42
222 MU 11-Oct-42 Packing Depot
Loaded aboard SS 626 20-Oct-42
Shipped to Gibraltar 6-Nov-42
Assigned to 4FS, 52FG, AF USAAF 12-Nov-42
Landing accident Maison Blanche, Algeria Cat 4 damage Pilot Lt Wallace F McGregor 3-Jan-43.
SOC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Assigned |
Avenue des martyrs de la Révolution, Oran, Algeria | 12 November 1942 | Assigned to 4FS, 52FG, AF USAAF 12-Nov-42. |
Crashed |
Maison Blanche, Boukhanefis, Algeria | 3 January 1943 | Landing accident Maison Blanche, Algeria Cat 4 damage Pilot Lt Wallace F McGregor 3-Jan-43. Cross country flight from La Senia to Maison Blanche, runway was under reapir and on landing port undercarriage collapsed. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
5 January 1943 | Struck Off Charge. | |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |
Revisions
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Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=er538&Submit4=Go
http://www.danielsww2.com/page26.html