Spitfire Database

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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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BM488 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 16-4-42 81Sq 30-4-42 64Sq 4-6-42 154Sq 15-7-42 Taxied into BM120 Fairlop CA 27-8-42 Sgt FJ Flote (Rhod) safe M45M install 306Sq 7-8-43 302Sq 3-10-43 316Sq 'SZ-F' 322Sq 6-12-43 SAL 10-5-44 Basta mods 57OTU 18-7-44 SOC... ...
BM489 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 10-4-42 122Sq 'MT-F' 21-5-42 Shot down by Fw190 abandoned 10ml off Dunkerque 8-6-42 Sgt WE Dunsmore rescued by ASR
BM490 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 2-4-42 132Sq 2-6-42 72Sq 15-6-42 322Sq 3-8-43 130Sq 15-8-43 222Sq 1-1-44 402Sq 24-5-44 Taxied into by ML195 while parked Tangmere AC 8-6-44 ros 61OTU 16-5-45 695Sq 28-6-45 SOC 10-45
BM491 Vb,
CBAF
FF 18-4-42 6MU 24-4-42 421Sq 10-5-42 411Sq 4-7-43 130Sq 15-8-43 Struck tree on t/off Catterick AC 22-10-43 FSgt HL Bell safe VASM fuel syst M45M install Basta mods 1-3-44 278Sq 23-5-44 87GCF 26-7-45 u/c would not fully r... ...
BM492 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 26-4-42 132Sq 27-5-42 72Sq 15-6-42 Taxied into motor roller Ayr AC 20-8-42 SqLdr AL Winskill safe ros VASM fuel syst and elev mods wing stiff S type pt MkIII IFF bomb carrier 18-8-43 Cunliffe-Owen 7-2-44 SOC 4-11-44
BM493 Vb,
CBAF
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 of... ...
BM508 Vb,
CBAF
12MU 5-4-42 129Sq 13-4-42 Shot down abandoned over Channel by Fw190 CE 5-6-42 Sgt AJ Edwards (RNZAF) rescued by Walrus FH97:05
BM509 Vb,
CBAF
37MU 9-4-42 402Sq 3-5-42 485Sq 31-7-42 19Sq 1-7-43 MMO 31-8-43 118Sq 30-3-44 313Sq 13-7-44 611Sq 3-10-44 61OTU 19-10-44 SOC CE 1-3-45
BM510 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 12-4-42 313Sq 14-5-42 154Sq 8-6-42 611Sq 17-6-42 71Sq 3-8-42 334FS/4FG 'XR-A' 1-10-42 VASM M46 install 602Sq 15-7-43 3DelFlt u/c jammed half way down Detling AC 17-8-43 FSgt PJ Thomas safe 118Sq 10-10-43 132Sq 25-1-4... ...
BM511 Vb,
CBAF
FF 16-4-42 9MU 18-4-42 309FS/31FG crashed on training flight 2ml SW Creswell Staffs CE 16-7-42 1Lt HR Kerr (USA)+ SOC 25-7-42
BM512 Vb,
CBAF
5MU 13-4-42 315Sq 18-8-43 USAAF 17-1-44 2TAF CommSq 13-8-44 Ran into bad weather e/f during belly landing in field Bethisy St.Pierre CB 15-12-44 AirCom HW Mermagen safe
BM513 Vb,
CBAF
39MU 16-4-42 402Sq 2-5-42 350Sq 'MN-G' 19-8-42 485Sq 'OU-K' Caught in slipstream struck tree landed at base Westhampnett AC 8-1-43 W/O DS McGregor (RNZAF) safe. ros Shot down by flak nr Neuville 6-2-43 P/O LB Gordon PoW... ...
BM514 Vb,
CBAF
FF 24-4-42 37MU 26-4-42 452Sq 12-5-42 93Sq 'HN-B' 4-6-42 Overshot landing Andreas AC 16-8-42 Sgt J Fiel (Fr) safe ros 610Sq 'DW-Z' 16-11-42 131Sq 25-1-43 SAL riw 10-3-43 VASM fuel syst mods wing stiff 15-5-43 118Sq 'NK-N... ...
BM515 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 18-4-42 133Sq 16-5-42 72Sq 15-6-42 65Sq 4-8-42 165Sq 23-9-42 322Sq 3-8-43 222Sq 1-1-44 130Sq 24-5-44 AC 20-6-44 ros Taxied into by EE721 Merston AC 15-7-44 61OTU 19-8-44 Hit by BL369 while at dispersal Montford Brid... ...
BM516 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 16-4-42 72Sq 10-5-42 65Sq 14-8-42 165Sq 'SK-V' 23-9-42 Westland M50M install 27-2-43 485Sq 27-4-43 19Sq 1-7-43 Tailwheel wrenched off 125Airfield AC 19-7-43 F/O DW Connor safe 340Sq 28-9-43 485Sq 12-3-44 AST M45M in... ...
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify