W3209 Edmonton-London-Alberta
Supermarine Spitfire W3209 Mk Vb Const #1660, Built at Eastleigh.
First Flew 13-May-41
6MU 13-May-41
609S 27-May-41
Air Service Training 22-Jun-41
452S 20-Aug-41
Repair On Site 1-Nov-41
302S 3-Nov-41
Flying accident Cat CB damage 9-Jan-42
411S 20-Aug-42
242S 25-Sep-42
133S 29-Sep-42
336S 1-Oct-42
Air Service Training 25-Mar-43
Vickers Armstrong South Marston 30-Jun-43 fuel syst mods wing stiff S Type pt MkIII IFF bomb carrier
130S 25-Jan-44
222S 16-Feb-44
322S 17-Mar-44
350S 11-May-44
Cat CB damage on Ops 12-Jun-44
1 Air Gunnery School 21-Feb-45
Struck Off Charge 17-Sep-46
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Presentation Spitfire |
Biggin Hill, Greater London, UK | 27 May 1941 | Presentation Spitfire named Edmonton-London-Alberta. |
Other E/A destroyed |
Brest, France | 30 December 1941 | Bf109F destroyed Brest 30-Dec-41 pilot Sq Ldr Kazimeirz Sporny. |
Other Transferred |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 29 September 1942 | Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 29-Sep-42. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 October 1942 | Transferred to 336th FS 1-Oct-42. |
Manufactured |
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | Built at Eastleigh. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
https://fyldebbmfund.wordpress.com/gifts-of-war-presentation-spitfires/
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/005_sporny.php
Spitfire Production List.
https://fyldebbmfund.wordpress.com/gifts-of-war-presentation-spitfires/
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/005_sporny.php