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Spitfire BM493

Stats:

model: Vb
factory: CBAF
engine: M46

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History:

FF 17-4-42 37MU 26-4-42 122Sq 6-5-42 52OTU 26-1-43 Tail hit by BM455 taxying Charmy Down CB 27-2-43 P/O FT Brown safe AST M45M install 602Sq 'LO-S' 13-5-43 504Sq 10-10-43 Hit by gunfire during cinegun practice swerved off runway landing Peterhead CB 8-12-43 FSgt F Cowling safe SAL riw 14-12-43 118Sq 28-4-44 Bad weather and R/T failure belly landed on small island off Orkney CB 2-6-44 FSgt RM Miller inj 501Sq 345Sq 15-8-44 611Sq 61OTU 12-10-44 u/c failed to lower port oleo locked up Rednal AC 21-2-45 Sgt W Mielcarek (Pol) safe. recat CE SOC 30-3-45

* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production
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Pilots:

Name Date Rank Status
Ellis 'Nee' Wilkins M 1942‑11‑20 1/Off ok
Barnato-Walker D 1943‑05‑11 1/Off ok
note: 'pilot to aircraft' linkage created via Pilot's page

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