AD187
Supermarine Spitfire AD187 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
13 MU 10-Sep-41
118S 16-Sep-41
457S 22-Mar-42
485S 28-Mar-42
Transferred 309FS 31FG 12AF 16-Jul-42
Accident Farnborough pilot Lt Hal C Conner, 2-Dec-42.
Repair On Site
Transferred 107 ObSqn 67 ObGrp 8AF USAAF
Flying accident Cat CB 11-Jan-43
Repair On Site
Flying accident Cat AC 23-Jan-43
Repair On Site
Air Service Training 28-Jul-43
hook fitted RNDA 16-Jan-44
899S Belfast
taxying port wheel sank in soft ground nosed over code 8 10-Feb-44 (S/L BA Gentry) 886S Lee
landed wheels up on runway 4-Mar-44 (S/L DK Lewis)
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Transferred |
16 July 1942 | Transferred to 309FS 31FG 12AF 16-Jul-42. | |
Crashed |
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK | 2 December 1942 | Accident Farnborough pilot Lt Hal C Conner, 2-Dec-42. |
Crashed |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 11 January 1943 | Taxiing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Richard W Booze, 11-Jan-43. 107OS 67OG 8AF |
Crashed |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 23 January 1943 | Landing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Linden K Martin, 23-Jan-43. 107OS 67OG 8AF |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
Other Transferred |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | Transferred to 107ObSqn 67ObsGrp 8AF USAAF. |