W3837 Evening Telegraph
Supermarine Spitfire W3837 MK Vb Const #2040, Built at Eastleigh.
First Flew 4-Sep-41
38 MU 7-Sep-41
266S 13-Sep-41
312S 7-Jun-42
243S 2-Sep-42
Scottish Aviation 19-Nov-42
66S 12-May-43
312S 29-Jun-43
Flying accident Cat AC damage 26-Aug-43
Repair On Site
504S 6-Oct-43
67Grp USAAF 6-Jan-44
Air Service Training 10-Mar-44
53 Operational Training Unit 5-Sep-44
Struck Off Charge 22-May-45
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Group 109th Reconnaissance Squadron
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Presentation Spitfire |
England, UK | 13 September 1941 | Presentation Spitfire named Evening Telegraph. |
Other Transferred |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 6 January 1944 | Transferred to 109TRS, 67TRG 9AF USAAF 6-Jan-44. |
Crashed |
Hawarden, Deeside, Flintshire CH5, UK | 8 January 1944 | Landing accident RAF Hawarden Cat 4 damage, pilot Lt Frank M Robinson, 8-Jan-44. Collided with Spitfire Mk Vb AR393 of the same unit, landing. 109TRS 67TRG 9AF. |
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