MB952 Kisty I
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
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
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 8 September 1944
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. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=MB952
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…