P7686 Tyrone
Supermarine Spitfire P7686 Mk IIa, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to 24MU 24-11-40, assigned to 19S 1-12-40, transferred to 603S 6-12-40, Flying accident Cat 2 damage 21-12-40, to Air Servcie Training, assigned to 152S 3-3-41, transferred to 266S 5-7-41, to No 1 Civilian Repair Unit 9-9-41, Converted to Mk Va Merlin 45, assigned to 2USAAF 2PS 52PG 8AF 22-5-42, transferred to 332S 8-11-42, transferred to 61 OTU 7-12-44, SOC 19-7-45.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Ternhill, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9, UK | 24 November 1940 | Delivered to No 24 MU 24-11-40. |
Assigned |
Duxford Airfield (QFO), Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire CB22 4QR, UK | 1 December 1940 | Assigned to 19 Sqn 1-12-40. |
Other Belfast Telegraph Fund Spitfires |
Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22, UK | 1 December 1940 | Named 'Tyrone' as one of the 17 Belfast Telegraph Fund Spitfires. |
Other Transferred |
Hornchurch, Greater London, UK | 6 December 1940 | Transferred to 603 Sqn (City of Edinburgh) 6-12-40. |
Crashed |
Hornchurch, Greater London, UK | 21 December 1940 | Flying accident Cat 2 21-12-40. |
Other Repaired |
Perth, Perth, Perth and Kinross, UK | 22 December 1940 | To Air Service Training. |
Assigned |
Warmwell, Dorchester, Dorset DT2, UK | 3 March 1941 | Assigned to 152 Sqn (Hyderabad) 3-3-41. |
Other Transferred |
Royal Air Force Wittering, Peterborough, Peterborough, UK | 5 July 1941 | Transferred to 266 Sqn (Rhodesia) 5-7-41. |
Other Repaired |
Cowley, Oxford, Oxford OX4, UK | 9 September 1941 | To No 1 Civilian Repair Unit 9-9-41. |
Other Converted Mk Va |
Cowley, Oxford, Oxford OX4, UK | 9 September 1941 - 21 May 1942 | Converted to Mk Va Merlin 45. |
Assigned |
England, UK | 22 May 1942 | Assigned to 2nd PS, 52FG, 8AF 22-5-42. |
Other Transferred |
North Weald Airfield, Merlin Way, North Weald, Essex CM16 6HR, UK | 8 November 1942 | Transferred to 332 Sqn 8-11-42. |
Other Transferred |
Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | 7 December 1944 | Transferred to 61 OTU 7-12-44. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Heston, Hounslow, Hounslow, Greater London TW5, UK | 19 July 1945 | Struck Off Charge 19-7-45. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |