EN255

Supermarine Spitfire EN255 Mk IX Const #3836, Built at Rolls Royce.

First Flew 8-Jan-43

Rolls Royce Hucknall Converted IX

6 MU 12-Jan-43

47 MU 15-Jan-43 Packing Depot

Loaded aboard SS Empire Tide 3-Feb-43

Shipped to Gibraltar 16-Feb-43

Ferry Flight NW Africa 31-Mar-43

Assigned to 307FS, 31FG, 12AF USAAF 1-Apr-43

Lost on fighter sweep Rome, Italy 19-Nov-43. A/C hit by Flak and went down smoking. Pilot Lt Richard H Van Natta baled POW. MACR 1471.

SOC.

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Assigned

Pomigliano d'Arco NA, Italy 1 April 1943 Assigned to 307FS, 31FG, 12AF USAAF 1-Apr-43.

Crashed

Tyrrhenian Sea 19 November 1943 Lost on fighter sweep Rome, Italy 19-Nov-43. A/C hit by Flak and went down smoking. Pilot Lt Richard H Van Natta baled POW. MACR 1471.

Other

Struck Off Charge SOC

Pomigliano d'Arco NA, Italy 20 November 1943 Struck Off Charge.

Manufactured

Hucknall, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK Built at Rolls Royce.

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