MB952 Kisty I

media-7502.jpeg UPL 7502 14th Photo Squadron, 7th Photo Group PRXI Spitfire MB925 on take-off.

Object Number - UPL 7502 - 14th Photo Squadron, 7th Photo Group PRXI Spitfire MB925 on take-off.

Supermarine Spitfire MB952 PR Mk XIT, Built at Chattis Hill.

FF 26-10-43, Delivered to Benson 5-11-43, assigned to 14PRS 7PRG 8AF USAAF 23-11-43

Failed To Return from recon mission to Germany crashed at Reckange-les-Mersch, Luxembourg, pilot 1st Lt Charles J J Goffin, KIA MACR 9171 8-9-44. SOC.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: Belgian
  • Service Numbers: 10600594 and O-2044527
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group 13th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 14th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-660669
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Squadron Commander/Photo Reconnaissance Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Manufactured

Chattis Hill, Spitfire Ln, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK 26 October 1943 Built at Chattis Hill. First flew 26-10-43. Test flown Leif Lundsten.

Delivered

Royal Air Force, RAF Benson, Benson, Wallingford OX10 6AA, UK 5 November 1943 Delivered to RAF Benson 5-11-43.

Assigned

Mount Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK 23 November 1943 14th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF Mount Farm AAF 234.

Crashed

Reckange, Luxembourg 8 September 1944 Spitfire PRXI MB952 of the 14th Photo Squadron, 7th PR Group, crashed at Reckange-les-Mersch, Luxembourg, killing its pilot Lt Charles J J Goffin, a Belgian citizen from Graide in the province of Namur, the crash site was a mere 80 kilometers from his place of birth.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Mt Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK 9 September 1944 Struck Off Charge.

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Sources

Research done in 2014 and 2015 about compatriot Charles GOFFIN..
NARA WWII Enlistment Records
MACR 9171
Websites :
http://www.74squadron.org.uk/Newsletters/Tiger%20News%2056%20for%20webs…
Video at http://fearoflanding.com/history/american-spitfire-pilot-in-1944-and-20…

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