AB976
Supermarine Spitfire AB976 Mk Vb, Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory.
6 MU 30-Aug-41
306S 6-Sep-41
303S 6-Oct-41
Air Service Training Heston 3-Dec-41
107ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF 16-Oct-42
31st Air Transport Group
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Transport
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other E/A Destroyed |
Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France | 13 October 1941 | Bf109E destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 13-Oct-41. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France | 13 October 1941 | Fw190 destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 13-Oct-41. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Rue d'Hardelot, 62430 Sallaumines, France | 24 October 1941 | Bf109F destroyed Hardelot Pilot Sq Ldr Jan Zumbach. 24-Oct-41. |
Other Transferred |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 16 October 1942 | Transferred to 107ObSqn 67ObGrp 8AF USAAF 16-Nov-42. |
Crashed |
Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire BA14, UK | 7 March 1943 | Taxiing accident Keevil/Sta 471 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt Dwight R Smith, 7-Mar-43 107OS 67OG 8AF |
Crashed |
Membury, Axminster, Devon EX13, UK | 17 March 1943 | Taxiing accident Membury/Sta 466 Cat 3 damage, pilot Lt John W Braucht, 17-Mar-43. 107OS 67OG 8AF |
Manufactured |
Castle Bromwich, West Midlands, UK | Built at Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory. | |
Other Transferred |
Grove, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12, UK | Transferred to 31st Air Transport Group. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources
Spitfire Production List.
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbasn.asp?SN=AB976
Aces High: A Tribute to the Most Notable Fighter Pilots of the ..., Volume 2 By Christopher Shores, Clive Williams