W3264
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.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Flight
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Other
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
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. |
Other Combat damage |
25 June 1941 | Cat CB damage on Ops 25-6-41. | |
Other 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. |
Other 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. |
Other 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. |
Other 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
Spitfire Production List.
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