AD181

Supermarine Spitfire AD181 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 38 MU 14-9-41, assigned to 485S 24-9-41, AST 4-10-41, assigned to 67th Obs Sqn USAAF 24-3-43, transferred to 12RS, 67RG, 9AF 11-43, Flying accident Ellington/ 1mi S, Cat CE damage, pilot Frank P Viviano, 12RS, 67RG, 9AF Killed in crash, 6-12-43, SOC.

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Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Llandow, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan CF71, UK 14 September 1941 Delivered to No 38 MU 14-9-41.

Assigned

Redhill, Surrey, UK 24 September 1941 Assigned to 485 Sqn (NZ) 24-9-41.

Other

Factory repairs

Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK 4 October 1941 To Air Service Training 4-10-41.

Assigned

Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK 24 March 1943 Assigned to 67th Obs Sqn USAAF 24-3-43.

Crashed

Ellington, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK 6 December 1943 Flying accident Ellington /1mi S, Cat CE damage, pilot Frank P Viviano, 12RS, 67RG, 9AF Killed in crash, 6-12-43.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20, UK 7 December 1943 Struck Off Charge.

Manufactured

Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Other

Transferred

Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire SO20, UK Transferred to 12th Recon Sqn, 67th Recon Grp, 9th AF 11-43.

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