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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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
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. |