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Serial #: P9306 Construction #: 508FF Civil Registration: None |
Model: Spitfire Mk Ia Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2013 |
Ordered as part of contract B980383/39., April 20, 1939.
Built by Supermarine Aviation at the Woolston works, Southampton, 1939.
- Merlin III fitted. No 119226.
- 508th Spitfire built.
- First flight at Eastleigh, January 19, 1940.
Delivered to Royal Air Force as P9306.
- BOC: Jan 20, 1940.
- Allocated to 24 MU at RAF Turnhill, January 24, 1940.
-- Placed in storage.
- Transferred to 4 MU at RAF Ruislip, March 1940.
- Transferred to 6 MU at RAF Brize Norton, June 27, 1940.
- Transferred to 74 Sqn at RAF Hornchurch. Marked 'TRINIDAD'. Coded ZP-, July 6, 1940.
-- Claimed 1 ME109 destroyed and 1 damaged. Pilot Plt Of P.C.F Stevenson, July 10, 1940.
-- Claimed 1 BF110 destroyed near Harwich. Pilot Sgt Kirk. Coded ZP-H, August 11, 1940.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Wittering, August 14, 1940.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, August 21, 1940.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Coltishall, September 9, 1940.
- Transferred to 45 MU at RAF Kinloss for storage, September 12, 1940.
- Transferred to 54 MU at RAF Cambridge for storage, September 17, 1940.
-- Damaged. Transferred to 4 MU at RAF Ruislip for repairs, September 29, 1940.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Biggin Hill.?, October 15, 1940.
-- Claimed 3 more kills. Pilots P/of Cobdent and P/of St John.?, November-December 1940?.
- Transferred to 131 Sqn at Catterrick. Used as a training aircraft. Coded NX-, July 18, 1941.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Ternhill, August 6, 1941.
-- Squadron moved to RAF Atcham, September 27, 1941.
- Transferred to 52 OTU at Aston Down. Coded GK-, October 22, 1941.
-- Damaged. Transferred to Westland Aircraft for repairs, February 3, 1943.
- Transferred to 33 MU at RAF Lyneham for storage, March 14, 1943.
- Transferred to 61 OTU at RAF Rednal. Coded UU-, May 4, 1943.
-- Damaged. Cat AK. Repaired on site, September 20, 1943.
-- Returned to 61 OTU.
-- Withdrawn from active service.
Earmarked for major overhaul. Damaged before being collected, January 1944.
- Transferred to 39 MU at RAF Colerne, 1944.
- Allocated to the Royal Navy Disposal Account, 1944.
- Transferred to 52 MU at RAF Cardiff for preparation for shipment, 1944.
- Shipped to Chicago, USA, August 2, 1944.
-- Arrived at Chicago, August 19, 1944.
Museum Of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL, November 10, 1944-2013.
- Handed over by Air Cde D.L.. Blackford.
- Displayed suspended from ceiling.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013. |
Photo Source(s): Pat Carry Research Assistance: Peter Still. John Sanderson |
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