JK707

media-17828.jpeg UPL 17828 Supermarine Spitfire JK707 Mk VcT, 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF USAAF, shot down by return fire Do217, pilot Major Virgil C Fields crash landed on beach off Salerno 9-9-43.

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Object Number - UPL 17828 - Supermarine Spitfire JK707 Mk VcT, 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF USAAF, shot down by return fire Do217, pilot Major Virgil C Fields crash landed on...

Supermarine Spitfire JK707 Mk VcT, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.

Delivered to No 15 MU 24-2-43, transferred to No 76 MU 10-3-43, Loaded aboard SS Harpolycus 22-3-43, shipped to Casablanca 6-4-43, to NW Africa 30-4-43, assigned to 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF USAAF, shot down by return fire Do217 and pilot Major Virgil C Fields crash landed on beach off Salerno 9-9-43, SOC.

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Units served with

307th Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron

31st Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

People

Virgil Cephus Fields

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 31st Fighter Group 307th Fighter Squadron
Service Numbers: 19073411 / O-727434
Highest Rank: Major
Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Delivered	Wroughton, Swindon, Swindon SN4, UK	24 February 1943	Delivered to No 15 MU 24-2-43
Other Transferred	Wroughton, Swindon, Swindon SN4, UK	10 March 1943	Transferred to No 76 MU 10-3-43.
Other Loaded aboard	Merseyside, UK	22 March 1943	Loaded aboard SS Harpolycus 22-3-43.
Assigned	Jilmah, Tunisia	3 April 1943	Assigned to 307th FS, 31st FG, 15th AF USAAF.
Other Shipped overseas	Casablanca, Morocco	6 April 1943	Shipped to Casablanca 6-4-43.
Other Ferried	Tangier, Morocco	30 April 1943	To NW Africa 30-4-43.
Crashed	Salerno SA, Italy	9 September 1943	Shot down by return fire Do217 and pilot Major Virgil C Fields crash landed on beach off Salerno 9-9-43.
Other Struck Off Charge SOC	Korba, Tunisia	10 September 1943	Struck Off Charge.
Manufactured	Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK		Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.