BM530
Supermarine Spitfire BM530 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
First Flew 16-Apr-42
39 MU 18-Apr-42
132S 7-Jun-42
133S Aug-42, flown morning of 19 Aug 1942 at Dieppe by PO Don Gentile who claimed a Ju 88 and Fw 190 with it
336FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF
FA Cat AC damage 24-Oct-42
Repair On Site
308S 21-May-43
215S
FA Cat AC damage 3-Nov-43
Repair On Site
130S 26-Jan-44
222S 16-Feb-44
FA Cat AC damage 8-Mar-44
Repair On Site
53 Operational Training Unit 27-Jun-44
587S 7-Jun-45
Air Service Training Heston 10-Oct-45
Struck Off Charge 25-Oct-45
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885214
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885109
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other E/A Destroyed |
19 August 1942 | Fw190 and Ju88 destroyed East Dieppe, pilot P/O Don S Gentile | |
Crashed |
24 October 1942 | Landing accident RAF Great Samford, Essex Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Donald K Cameron, 24-Oct-42. 336FS 4FG 8AF. | |
Manufactured |
Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | ||
Assigned |
Assigned to 336FS 4FG 8AF USAAF. | ||
Other Transferred |
Transferred to 133[Eagle] Sqn RAF. |
Revisions
Air Force Historical Records Agency, reel A0775 (133 sqn/336 FS), pg 1924
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=BM-530
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_gentile_d_s.php
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_b…
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=BM-530
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams
http://www.cieldegloire.com/014_gentile_d_s.php
http://www.4thfightergroupassociation.org/uploads/8/2/0/3/8203817/336_b…