AB974 Bombay and Baroda Central Indian Railway III’
Supermarine Spitfire AB974 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
Delivered to No 33 MU 12-9-41, assigned to 401S 'YO-S' 26-9-41, Flying accident Cat AC 29-3-42, ROS, assigned to 91S 18-4-42, transferred to 121S 20-8-42, transferred to 335th FS USAAF 1-10-42, transferred to 302S 23-3-43, transferred to 132S 28-6-43, Flying accident Cat AC 30-6-43, assigned to 312S 13-11-43, transferred to 443S 27-2-44, transferred to 58 OTU 30-3-44, major repair 18-9-45
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Delivered |
Royal Air Force, Raf Station Lyneham, Lyneham, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 4PZ, UK | 12 September 1941 | Delivered to No 33 MU 12-9-41. |
Assigned |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 26 September 1941 | Assigned to 401 Sqn 'YO-S' 26-9-41. |
Other Presentation Spitfire |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 26 September 1941 | Presentation Spitfire named 'B.B. & C.I. Railway'. |
Crashed |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 29 March 1942 | Flying accident Cat AC damage 29-3-42. |
Other Repair On Site ROS |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 30 March 1942 - 17 April 1942 | Repair On Site. |
Assigned |
Hawkinge, Kent, UK | 18 April 1942 | Aassigned to 91 Sqn (Nigeria) 18-4-42. |
Other Transferred |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 20 August 1942 | Transferred to 121 Sqn [Eagle] RAF 20-8-42. |
Other Transferred |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 1 October 1942 | Transferred to 335th FS, 4th FG, 8th AF USAAF 1-10-42. |
Other Transferred |
Duxford, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22, UK | 23 March 1943 | Transferred to 302 Sqn (City of Poznan) Polish 23-3-43. |
Other Transferred |
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, UK | 28 June 1943 | Transferred to 132 Sqn (City of Bombay) 28-6-43. |
Crashed |
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, UK | 30 June 1943 | Flying accident Cat AC damage 30-6-43. |
Assigned |
Ibsley, Ringwood, Hampshire BH24, UK | 13 November 1943 | Assigned to 312 Sqn (Czechoslovak) 13-11-43. |
Other Transferred |
Digby, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN4, UK | 27 February 1944 | Transferred to 443 Sqn 27-2-44. |
Other Transferred |
Grangemouth, Falkirk, UK | 30 March 1944 | Transferred to No 58 OTU 30-3-44. |
Other Repaired |
18 September 1945 | Major repair 18-9-45. | |
Other Struck Off Charge SOC |
Grangemouth, Falkirk, UK | 19 September 1945 | Struck Off Charge. |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. |