Spitfire Database
+ the pilots who flew them
| Serial | Pic | Model, Factory | Notes (click note to toggle full text) | |
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| BL438 | Vb, CBAF |
24MU 23-12-41 154Sq 27-2-42 Crashed on patrol Heathercombe Manaton Dartmoor CE 8-5-42 Sgt J Oliver (RNZAF) DoI SOC 24-5-42 | ||
| BL439 | Vb, CBAF |
ASTH 6-1-42 39MU 11-1-42 317Sq 'JH-P' 27-1-42 [154Sq 11-2-42] f/l in mist RN Haldon CB 15-3-42 Sgt J Malinowski (Pol) safe. ros 610Sq 'DW-A' 19-5-42 421Sq 3-2-43 412Sq 602Sq 19-4-43 e/f stalled landing Selsey CE 3-6-43 F... ... | ||
| BL440 | Vb, CBAF |
24MU 4-1-42 54Sq 13-3-42 e/f f/l on stony ground Strathy Caithness CB 16-3-42 Sgt JV Rounesfell (RCAF) safe. recat CE reduced to scrap 28-4-42 | ||
| BL441 | Vb, CBAF |
24MU 23-12-41 611Sq 18-2-42 242Sq 2-6-42 222Sq 11-8-42 222MU 7-11-42 'City of Lille' 8-12-42 USSR damaged in transit rtp 5-3-43 | ||
| BL442 | Vb, CBAF |
37MU 23-12-41 65Sq 28-1-42 Shot down by Fw190s nr St.Omer poss collided with W3461 27-4-42 P/O TG Grantham+ | ||
| BL443 | Vb, CBAF |
9MU 15-3-42 RNDA 880Sq Stretton 10-9-42 ASTH mods hook fitt 3-10-42 Lee on Solent 28-10-42 748Sq 12-42 768Sq 3-43 Hook pulled out barrier 'HMS Argus' 29-2-44 Lt BA MacCaw. Deck Landing Trials barrier crash 'HMS Ravager'... ... | ||
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| BL444 |
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Vb, CBAF |
6MU 27-12-41 133Sq 5-1-42 74Sq 26-1-42 Swung on landing u/c collapsed Long Kesh CB 20-3-42 Sgt HW Foster (USA) safe | |
| BL445 | Vb, CBAF |
9MU 4-1-42 611Sq 12-2-42 Collided in air with BL354 28-2-42 242Sq Belly landed Drem AC 11-6-42 2Lt PH Bosch (SAAF) safe. 453Sq 222Sq Hit by X4272 at dispersal Ayr AC 19-10-42 SAL 308Sq 15-2-43 132Sq 19-8-43 118Sq 10-10-4... ... | ||
| BL446 | Vb, CBAF |
12MU 12-1-42 134Sq loaned 257Sq for Havoc experiments 2-4-42 131Sq 28-7-42 Taxied into starter trolley Merston AC 28-7-42 Sgt CR Briggs (RAAF) safe VASM fuel syst mods wing stiff 16-10-42 HAL 27-3-43 Cv PRXIII M32 4Sq 30... ... | ||
| BL447 | Vb, CBAF |
8MU 26-2-42 121Sq 14-3-42 e/f belly landed in ploughed field nr Burnham CB 12-4-42 P/O WJ Daley (USA) safe CE 17-4-42 SOC | ||
| BL448 | Vb, CBAF |
9MU 22-12-41 504Sq 9-1-42 Crashed into sea off St.Johns Point Devon 29-6-42 FH109 P/O H Bunyar+ | ||
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| BL449 |
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Vb, CBAF |
24MU 5-12-41 71Sq 26-2-42 Flat tyre caused swing on landing Southend CA 8-3-42 P/O RS Sprague safe. u/c collapsed landing Debden CA 15-6-42 P/O HH Strickland (USA) safe ros 334FS/4FG 1-10-42 Tyre burst on landing swung a... ... | |
| BL450 |
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Vb, CBAF |
12MU 1-12-41 122Sq 7-12-41 Taxied into BM269 Hornchurch CA 16-4-42 P/O JYFFX Muller (Belg) safe 340Sq 24-5-42 421Sq 26-9-42 Forgot to lower u/c Kenley AC 9-10-42 P/O AH Sager (RCAF) safe. ros Ran off runway after landing... ... | |
| BL461 | Vb, CBAF |
37MU 6-12-41 145Sq 17-12-41 Broken throttle f/l at high speed and crashed Catterick CE 6-2-42 Sgt GCS Buchanan (RNZAF) inj | ||
| BL462 |
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Vb, CBAF |
37MU 9-12-41 122Sq 1-3-42 Shot down by Fw190s 10ml W of Ostend 24-4-42 P/O RE Hardy (RCAF)+ | |
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