PL841
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FRE 5384
Spitfires including (serial number PL841) and (PL914) of the 14th Photographic Squadron, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm. Image by Robert Astrella, 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group. Handwritten on slide case:"Spitfire Cluster Astrella"
Roger Freeman Collection
IWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Supermarine Spitfire PL841 PR Mk XI, Built at Aldermaston.
Delivered to No 6 MU 29-5-44, Assigned to RAF Benson 9-9-44, transferred to 14th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF USAAF, sent to 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit 20-9-44, shipped overseas to NW Africa 25-9-44, asigned to Air Command South East Asia 681 Sqn 12-10-44, missing from PR mission to Moulmein 7-6-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Delivered |
29 May 1944 | Delivered to No 6 MU 29-5-44. | |
Assigned |
Royal Air Force Station, Benson, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 6AB, UK | 9 September 1944 | Assigned to RAF Benson 9-9-44. |
Other Sent for Despatch |
20 September 1944 | 1 Overseas Aircraft Despatch Unit 20-9-44. | |
Other Shipped Overseas |
Africa | 25 September 1944 | NW Africa 25-9-44. |
Assigned |
South East Asia | 12 October 1944 | To Air Command South East Asia 681 Sqn, 12-10-44. |
Crashed |
Mawlamyine, Myanmar (Burma) | 7 June 1945 | Missing from PR mission to Moulmein 7-6-45. F/Lt Thomas Woodhouse RAF, missing, presumed killed. |
Manufactured |
Aldermaston, Reading, West Berkshire RG7, UK | Built at Aldermaston. | |
Other Transferred |
Mount Farm Cottage, Dorchester, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 7PG, UK | Transferred to 14th PRS, 7th PRG, 8th AF USAAF. |