AA752
Supermarine Spifire AA752 Mk Vb, Const #2153 Built at Chattis Hill.
FF 30-9-41, delivered to No 6 MU 1-10-41, assigned to 302S 13-10-41, AST 13-1-42, assigned to 118S 9-3-42, transferred to 129S 8-6-42, transferred to RAE 14-6-42 G suffix serial neg G trials. trials with Oboe and Gee (cat and mouse) equip, transferred to 402S 11-7-42, transferred to 121S 24-9-42, transferred to 335th USAAF 1-10-42, Ditched into sea ops 21-11-42, SOC.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 359th Fighter Group 335th Fighter Squadron Headquarters (359th Fighter Group) No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885196
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 20 November 1942
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Manufactured |
Chattis Hill, Spitfire Lane, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20 6JS, UK | 30 September 1941 | Built at Chattis Hill. First flew 30-9-41. Factory airfield. |
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Delivered |
RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire OX18 3LX, UK | 1 October 1941 | Delivered to No 6 MU 1-10-41. |
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Assigned |
RAF Jurby, Ballavarran Road, Isle of Man | 13 October 1941 | Assigned to 302 Sqn (City of Poznan) Polish 13-10-41. |
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Other E/A Probable |
Brest, France | 30 December 1941 | Bf109F probable, Brest 30-12-41. Pilot F/O Bronislaw Malinowski. |
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Other Repaired |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 13 January 1942 | To Air Service Training for repair 13-1-42. |
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Assigned |
Ibsley, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24, UK | 9 March 1942 | Assigned to 118 Sqn 9-3-42. |
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Other Transferred |
Leconfield, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire HU17, UK | 8 June 1942 | Transferred to 129 Sqn (Mysore) 8-6-42. |
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Other Transferred |
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK | 14 June 1942 | Transferred to RAE 14-6-42, G suffix serial, neg G trials. trials with Oboe and Gee (cat and mouse) equipment. |
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Other Transferred |
Colerne, Wiltshire, UK | 11 July 1942 | Transferred to 402 Sqn (City of Winnipeg) 11-7-42. |
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Other Transferred |
North Weald Airfield, Merlin Way, North Weald, Essex CM16 6HR, UK | 24 September 1942 | Transferred to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 24-9-42. |
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Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 October 1942 | Transferred to 335th Sqn, 4th Fg, 8th AF USAAF 1-10-42. |
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Crashed |
English Channel | 21 November 1942 | A/C experienced a mechanical failure on a 'Rhubarb' to the French coast and ditched into the English Channel, pilot 1st Lt Roy Evans managed to swim ashore near Foulness, Essex and returned to duty. 21-11-42. |
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Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 22 November 1942 | Struck Off Charge 22-11-42. |
Revisions
Spifire Production List.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/005_malinowski_b.php
Lee Cunningham 4-Nov-2014. "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE