Spitfire BL597

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model: Vb
factory: CBAF
engine: M45

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38MU 26-1-42 121Sq 18-4-42 VASM mods 13-8-42 121Sq Hit seagull in flight f/l Southend CB 17-9-42 P/O PM Ellington (USA) safe AST 20-3-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled NX912

* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production

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Name	Date	Rank	Status
Cholmondeley V M	1942‑11‑07	1/Off	ok

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Richard Hillary 603 Squadron -further reading Further reading in David Ross's excellent book " The Greatest Squadron of them all" Volume 1 published by Grub Street. and his definitive b ... on: pilots, 2026-01-21 ... details Contact request from a member Hi Rhys, Can you let me know if you receive this, I will send you a separate email. ... on: members, 2026-01-10 ... details Making contact Bhuvana I am the son of Dhira Chaliha and your inspirational father taught her to fly planes in the 1960s in Assam. She remember you and yo ... on: members, 2025-12-27 ... details removed thanks, removed ... on: aircraft, 2025-12-22 ... details Wrong picture One of the pictures is for NH346 ... on: aircraft, 2025-12-21 ... details ... on: aircraft, 2025-12-21 ... details AR389 "KH-D" Nose Over 27 April 1942 This plane had a nose over incident with 403 Squadron RCAF at North Weald on the 27 April 1942 and a picture of this incident is in the URL ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-24 ... details will move pic over, thanks. I'll move the pic over to 198, thanks for this. ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details agreement Yes, 100% agree that this is AD198 after crashing into a gun post/section post/seagull trench at RAF North Weald, December 1941; Often misat ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details CURRENT PICTURE IS "KH-O" SERIAL NUMBER AD198 This looks like a gun post not a lorry that Spitfire has come up against. This occurred on 27/12/1941 to AD198 "KH-O". See AD198 this also h ... on: aircraft, 2025-11-21 ... details

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Spitfire BL597

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Richard Hillary 603 Squadron -further reading

Contact request from a member

Making contact

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Wrong picture

AR389 "KH-D" Nose Over 27 April 1942

will move pic over, thanks.

agreement

CURRENT PICTURE IS "KH-O" SERIAL NUMBER AD198