AA857
Supermarine Spitfire AA857 Mk Vb, Const #2171 Built at Eastleigh.
FF 7-Oct-41, delivered to No 39 MU 10-Oct-41, assigned to 71 Sqn 17-Oct-41, transferred to 609S 5-Jan-42, transferred to 350S 1-May-42, Shot down by E/A 5/JG1 off French coast CE 9-May-42 Sgt Jose Arnold Blairon killed. SOC.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 404th Fighter Group 4th Fighter Group 336th Fighter Squadron No 71 'Eagle' Squadron No 121 'Eagle' Squadron No 133 'Eagle' Squadron
- Highest Rank: Major General
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Manufactured |
Eastleigh, Hampshire, UK | 7 October 1941 | Built at Eastleigh. First flew 7-10-41. Factory airfield. |
Delivered |
Colerne, Wiltshire, UK | 10 October 1941 | Delivered to No 39 MU 10-Oct-41. |
Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 17 October 1941 | Assigned to 71 [Eagle] Sqn RAF 17-Oct-41. |
Other E/A Kills |
Dunkirk, France | 27 October 1941 | Destroyed 2 x Me109E, 5 miles SE Dunkirk. Pilot Caroll Warren 'Red' McColpin. |
Other Transferred |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 5 January 1942 | Transferred to 609 Sqn (West Riding) 5-Jan-42. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 May 1942 | Transferred to 350 Sqn (Belgian) 1-May-42. |
Crashed |
Near Worth, Deal, Kent CT14, UK | 9 May 1942 | Sgt Jóse Arnold Blairon (Belgium) was shot down by Fw. Georg Hutter of 5./JG1 and tried to make the English coast and jumped at less than 1,000 ft Nr Worth, Deal, Kent. The Air Sea Rescue Service were quickly with him [25 min], when rescued Sgt J J Blairon was alive, but died an hour later. A/C Cat E damage 9-May-42. |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 10 May 1942 | Struck Off Charge 10-May-42. |
Revisions
Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams
Spitfire Production List.
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2
By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams