X4172
Supermarine Spitfire X4172 Mk Ia Const #1012, Built at Eastleigh.
First Flew 10-Aug-40
24 MU 12-Aug-40
266S 17-Aug-40
616S 7-Sep-40
65S 26-Feb-41
308S 4-Apr-41
Flying accident 4-May-41
Air Service Training 130S
26-Oct-41
Cat AC damage 12-Nov-41
Vickers Armstrong repair
133S 26-Feb-42
601S 11-Apr-42
Flying accident Cat AC damage 5-May-42
421S 24-May-42
RNDA 1-Sep-42
Stretton Sep-42
Air Service Training 10-Oct-42 hook fitted
RNAS Machrihanish 17-Oct-42
Ayr 15-Dec-42
To store 9-Jan-43
Tested ARS Hatston 18-Mar-43
Machrihanish workshops (Vb) Apr-43 to Jun-43
768S autumn 1943
Evanton store Nov-43 to Dec-43
RNDA 21-Jan-44
768S Abbotsinch
hook torn out landing Argus Cat X2 22-Feb-44 (S/L GY Hooper RNZN)
Accident Cat C 20-May-44
RNAS 27-May-44
761S Henstridge Jun-44 to Nov-44
ADDLs
starboard oleo damaged wheel-up landing Cat X1 8-Jul-44 (S/L TA Trotter)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Transferred |
Biggin Hill, London SE19 3HY, UK | 26 February 1942 | Transferred to 133 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 26-Feb-42. |
Manufactured |
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | Built at Eastleigh. |