Spitfire P7350
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model: IIafactory: CBAF
engine: MXII
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History:
6MU 18-8-40 266Sq 'UO-T' 6-9-40 603Sq 17-10-40 CB 10-40 1CRU 31-10-40 616Sq 18-3-41 64Sq 10-4-41 Hit totem pole landing and stb u/c collapsed Drem CB 1-8-41 Sgt LF Morgan safe SAL riw 5-8-41 CGS 27-4-42 CB 4-2-43 57OTU 31-3-43 Tipped on nose taxying Eshott CA 17-4-43 P/O HH Cush (RCAF) safe. Run into by P8141 while awaiting t/off Eshott CB 22-4-44 P/O AE Anderson (RNZAF) safe. AST riw 30-4-44 39MU 24-7-44 sold scrap J.Dale Donated RAF Colerne. Used in BoB film G-AWIJ registered 25-4-68 To BBMF Coningsby 29-2-84* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production
Pilots:
| Name | Date | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett P M | 1943‑03‑23 | F/Capt | ok |
note: 'pilot to aircraft' linkage created via Pilot's page
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by: kurtis from raf bbmf page on P7350 2018-02-10 10:27:27
With the Battle of Britain at its height, P7350 was allocated to No 266 Squadron at Wittering on 6 September 1940 and given the code letters ‘UO-T’. Subsequently 266 Squadron moved to Martlesham Heath and then to Collyweston taking P7350 with them. Then, on 17 October 1940, P7350 was one of 13 Mk IIa Spitfires transferred to No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron (AuxAF) at Hornchurch. The aircraft’s code letters were changed to 603 Squadron codes; the individual aircraft letter is not definitely known, but the best guess is that P7350 was coded ‘XT-W’. On 25 October, whilst being flown by Polish pilot Ludwik Martel, P7350 was shot down by a German Bf109. A cannon shell punched a large hole in the port wing and Martel was wounded by shrapnel in the left side of his body and legs. Despite his injuries Martel managed to fly the aircraft down through 16,000 feet of thick cloud, in pain and fighting to stay conscious, to force land in a field near Hastings.
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