BM635
Photo caption - "3/4 front view of British Mk V Spitfire used by the USAAF at Membury Airbase, England, 15th March 1943."
NARA Ref # 342-FH-3A06231-A78995AC
Object Number - UPL 17040 - Spitfire Mk Vb BM635. Assigned to 309th FS, 31st FG, 8th/12th AF, Pilot Norm Thompson. High Ercall airbase, August 1942. Photo caption - "3/4 front...
Supermarine Spitfire BM635 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 8 MU 7-5-42, 309th FS 31st FG, 12th AF High Ercall 21-6-42, FA CatB 20-7-42, ROS, assigned to 65S 2-12-42, to DeH 1-11-43, assigned to 345S 6-44, transferred to 61 OTU 23-9-44, SOC major repair 13-2-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Little Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54, UK | 7 May 1942 | Delivered to No 8 MU 7-5-42. |
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Assigned |
High Ercall, Telford, Telford and Wrekin TF6, UK | 21 June 1942 | Assigned to 309th Ftr Sq, 31st FG, 12th AF, pilot Lt Norm Thompson. |
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Crashed |
High Ercall, Telford, Telford and Wrekin TF6, UK | 29 June 1942 | Taxiing accident, High Ercall, Shropshire, Cat 3, pilot 2nd Lt Dale E Shafer Jr, 29-6-42. |
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Crashed |
High Ercall, Telford, Telford and Wrekin TF6, UK | 20 July 1942 | Flying accident Cat B damage 20-7-42. |
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Other Repair On Site ROS |
High Ercall, Telford, Telford and Wrekin TF6, UK | 21 July 1942 - 1 December 1942 | Repair On Site. |
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Crashed |
Membury House, Membury, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2HH, UK | 2 November 1942 | Landing accident, RAF Membury, Berkshire, Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Gordon H Woodrow, 12th OS 67th OG. 2-11-42. |
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Assigned |
Drem, North Berwick, East Lothian EH39, UK | 2 December 1942 | Assigned to RAF, 65 Sqn. |
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Other To de Havilland |
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK | 1 November 1943 | To de Havilland propellor trials ? 1-11-43. |
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Other Transferred |
23 September 1944 | Transferred to 61 Operational Training Unit [OTU]. | |
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Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
13 February 1945 | SOC 13/2/45. | |
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Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
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Assigned Transferred |
Assigned to 345 Sqn RAF. Pilot Flight Commander Gaston Guizard. Coded 2Y-H. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=BM-635&Submit4=Go
Spitfire Aces of Northwest Europe 1944-45 by Andrew Thomas.
Spitfire V vs C.202 Folgore: Malta 1942 By Donald Nijboer, Jim Laurier, Gareth Hector
http://www.fold3.com/image/1/32444516/ USAAF Photo.
