Spitfire MA802
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model: IXfactory: CBAF
engine: M63
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History:
6MU 19-7-43 47MU 27-7-43 'R.732' 5-8-43 Casablanca 18-8-43 218Grp NAfrica 30-11-43 32Sq 'GZ-D' Crashlanded during sweep nr Vina Yugoslavia 2-3-44 FSgt GF Bishop PoW* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production
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Pilots:
| Name | Date | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin I M | 1943‑12‑09 | F/L | kifa |
| Forder K A | 1944‑01‑06 | P/O | kifa |
| Forder K A | 1944‑01‑15 | P/O | kifa |
| Callaghan B J H | 1944‑01‑17 | W/O | ok |
| Callaghan B J H | 1944‑01‑24 | W/O | ok |
| Bishop G F | 1944‑02‑08 | F/Sgt | pow |
| Callaghan B J H | 1944‑02‑16 | W/O | ok |
| Callaghan B J H | 1944‑02‑19 | W/O | ok |
| Callaghan B J H | 1944‑02‑20 | W/O | ok |
| Bishop G F | 1944‑02‑26 | F/Sgt | pow |
| Forder K A | 1944‑02‑29 | P/O | kifa |
| Bishop G F | 1944‑03‑02 | F/Sgt | pow |
note: 'pilot to aircraft' linkage created via Pilot's page
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by: andrea Spitfire MA 802 2016-03-05 23:47:40
Spitfire Mk. IX, MA 802, 32 Sq. pilot F/Sgt Bishop E.F. Crash at 03 rd. of March, 1944, Vina willage, near Vrgorac, Yugoslavia ( today Croatia)
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reply: andrea MA802/ Sgt Bishop E.F. 2016-03-16 20:03:47
Hit by AAA ( selfpropelled ) from Prolog ( Vrgorac, Yugoslavia, now Croatia, captured by quisling Ustashas, transfered to Germans, playing a star, smoking a pipe or a cigare. Wint into willage Prolog on a german jeep, not sign of bad mood. Leter wisited Vrgorac, spendin summer hollidays in Podgora. ( According to eyewitness Mgr. Milivoj Franić , my ex. colegue, and friend,inhabitant of Prolog , at that time,10 years old about. At that time a small river Matica was a border between Partisans and Germans. The plot crashlanded on the wrong side oif the river, a cople of hundred meters.
reply: andrea Spitfire MA802 2016-03-23 21:00:38
Correction, german troops were in Veliki Prolog, not Prolog which is in the near.
by: andrea Gerry F. Bishop 2017-05-10 09:51:36
The second picture represents Mr. Gerry F. Bishop, the last pilot of the Spitfire MA802 GZ-D. This picture is a smartphone picture taken from the TV screen (VHS to DVD). There is a short film about hist last visit to the crash site of his Spitfire in Vina, near Vrgorac, Croatia. I hope that I will manage to upload it here.
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reply: andrea Gerry F. Bishop/ GZ-D, MA802/ 2017-08-19 21:43:21
I made a contact with Mr. Kevin Bishop, the son of late Gerry F. Bishop. Waiting for his second letter.