8th Air Force
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
...
The American Air Museum is Closed
Following recent government announcements the museum is currently closed, there is plenty to explore in our online archive.
The American Air Museum is a charity - Find out how you can support us
W3264
Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire W3264 Mk Vb, Const #1730, Built at Eastleigh.
FF 31-5-41, Delivered to No 6 MU 2-6-41, assigned to 92 Sqn 23-6-41, Cat CB on Ops 25-6-41, to Air Service Training 2-7-41, assigned to 5th FS 52 PG 8th AF USAAF 6-8-42, transferred to 332 Service Sqn 3-12-42, transferred to 345 Sqn 26-6-44, Taxied into concrete cover of gunpit and u/c collapsed Shoreham CE 30-7-44, SOC.
Service
Units
-
-
333rd Service Group
Group
-
52nd Fighter Group
Group
Two of the Squadrons of the 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires with RAF Fighter Command in August and early September 1942 from northern Ireland. After these preparatory missions, the Group joined the Twelfth and then Fifteenth Air Force in the... -
332nd Service Squadron
Squadron
-
1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight
Flight
Activated on 1 February 1943 as 1st Provisional Gunnery Flight at Atcham as part of VIII Fighter Command's fighter training establishment. ...
Places
-
Eglinton
Military site : airfield
Built for the RAF in 1940-41, Eighth Air Force lodger units moved in in 1942. The 52nd Fighter Group and 82nd Fighter Group used the airfield, before the Royal Navy moved in and occupied the base until 1959. Partly closed, it was still used by the... -
Goxhill
Military site : airfield
Goxhill opened in June 1941 as an RAF Bomber Command airfield, before being handed over to RAF Fighter Command in December. The Eighth Air Force took ownership in August 1942, and used the airfield, which they quickly dubbed 'Goat Hill' for operational... -
Sutton Bridge
Military site : airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Manufactured | Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | 31 May 1941 |
|
Built at Eastleigh. First flew 31-5-41. |
||
| Delivered | RAF Brize Norton, Bampton, Oxfordshire, UK | 2 June 1941 |
|
Delivered to No 6 MU 2-6-41. |
||
| Assigned | London Biggin Hill Airport, Main Rd, Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent TN16 3BH, UK | 23 June 1941 |
|
Assigned to 92 Sqn 23-6-41. |
||
| Combat damage | 25 June 1941 | |
|
Cat CB damage on Ops 25-6-41. |
||
| Factory repair | Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 2 July 1941 – 5 September 1941 |
|
To Air Service Training for repair 2-7-41. |
||
| Assigned | Eglinton, Londonderry, Derry BT47, UK | 6 August 1942 |
|
Assigned to 5th FS 52 PG 8th AF USAAF 6-8-42. |
||
| Transferred | Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber, North Lincolnshire DN19, UK | 3 December 1942 |
|
Transferred to 332 Service Sqn 3-12-42. |
||
| Crashed | Atcham, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK | 8 September 1943 |
|
Landing Accident Atcham/Sta 470, Cat 4, Pilot Lt Walter G Kis, 1st Gunnery Target Training Flight 8th AF, 8-9-43. |
||
| Transferred | Dreux, France | 26 June 1944 |
|
Transferred to 345 Sqn, A.41 Dreux 26-6-44. |
||
| Crashed | The Terminal Building, Shoreham Airport, Cecil Pashley Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5FF, UK | 30 July 1944 |
|
Taxied into concrete cover of gunpit and u/c collapsed Shoreham CE 30-7-44. |
||
| Struck Off Charge SOC | The Terminal Building, Shoreham Airport, Cecil Pashley Way, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex BN43 5FF, UK | 31 July 1944 |
|
Struck Off Charge. |
||
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2015 09:38:47 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
| Sources | ||
Spitfire Production List. |
||
