Spitfire Database

+ the pilots who flew them

SPITFIRE BOOKS





SerialPicModel,
Factory
Notes    (click note to toggle full text)
ER538 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 23-9-42 222MU 11-10-42 'R.626' 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 4FS/52FG Crashed on landing and hit trucks en route La Senia - Maison Blanche 3-1-43 Lt WF MacGregor (USA) safe
ER539 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 18-9-42 82MU 30-9-42 'Peribonka' 30-10-42 Takoradi 1-12-42 Middle East 16-12-42 145Sq 249Sq CE SOC 13-9-45
ER540 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 19-9-42 76MU 15-10-42 'R.625' 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43
ER541 VbT,
CBAF
8MU 2-10-42 'Peribonka' 30-10-42 Takoradi 1-12-42 Middle East 417Sq 80Sq Hit tractor on t/off Gamil CE 24-5-43 Sgt W D'A Preston inj (tractor driver+)
ER542 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 23-9-42 215MU 11-10-42 3PATP 'R.628' 25-10-42 Gibraltar 9-11-42 232Sq Hit by flak and ditched off Zuara 18-1-43 SqLdr AL Winskill swam ashore [NWAfrica 28-2-43]
ER543 Vb,
CBAF
12MU 21-9-42 82MU 1-10-42 'Peribonka' 30-10-42 Takoradi 1-12-42 Middle East 16-12-42 59RSU Flaps failed overshot landing Adjedabia East CB 25-12-42 Lt SA Finney (SAAF) safe 92Sq Hit by BR519 while parked Bou Grara CA 12-... ...
ER544 VbT,
CBAF
38MU 23-9-42 222MU 30-9-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 2ADU Missing between Mersa Matruh - Agedabia 12-1-43 Sgt MW Bentley (RNZAF)+
ER545 Vb,
CBAF
12MU 30-9-42 47MU 7-10-42 'R.625' 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 152Sq CE 28-12-42
ER546 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 1-10-42 222MU 8-10-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 23-12-42 NWAfrica 30-11-43 SOC 31-8-44
ER547 VbT,
CBAF
6MU 23-9-42 82MU 1-10-42 'Peribonka' 30-10-42 Takoradi 1-12-42 Middle East 20-12-42 417Sq Overshot and tipped on nose Dekheila CA 22-1-43 FLt WH Pentland (RCAF) safe. Malta Sicily 1-8-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 92Sq SOC 26-... ...
ER548 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 22-9-42 222MU 6-10-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 28-12-42 417Sq Overshot hit hangar and ER531 on landing Mellaha CE 18-3-43 P/O SA Corbett (RCAF) safe SOC 1-11-43
ER549 Vb,
CBAF
12MU 21-9-42 82MU 1-10-42 'Peribonka' 30-10-42 Takoradi 1-12-42 Middle East 16-12-42 145Sq Malta Sicily 1-8-43 NAfrica 30-11-43 2RSU e/f belly landed Laterza nr Taranto CB 3-12-43 2Lt REH Wilson (SAAF) safe 244Wg e/f bel... ...
ER550 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 30-9-42 76MU 10-10-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 20-12-42 NAfricanASC 30-10-43 73Sq e/f abandoned 15ml N of Imotski 14-7-44 P/O FC Hampton+ (chute tangled in tail)
ER551 Vb,
CBAF
46MU 21-9-42 76MU 13-10-42 'R.634' 4-11-42 Gibraltar 23-11-42 NWAfrica 152Sq Hit boxes on t/off swung and stb u/c leg collapsed Souk el Arba AC 28-12-42 P/O JW Tindale (RCAF) safe. recat CE 1-1-43
ER552 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 25-9-42 222MU 6-10-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 145Sq CE 5-12-42 SOC 31-12-42
ER553 Vb,
CBAF
33MU 30-9-42 76MU 15-10-42 'Empire Day' 22-10-42 Gibraltar 13-11-42
ER554 VbT,
CBAF
6MU 23-9-42 222MU 18-10-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 21-12-42 1ARP Belly landed Aboukir CB 9-1-43 F/O JL Briggs safe 601Sq Malta Sicily 1-8-43 NAfricanASC 31-10-43 CE SOC 24-4-45
ER555 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 23-9-42 222MU 11-10-42 'R.625' 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica SOC 31-1-43
ER556 VbT,
CBAF
38MU 23-9-42 222MU 30-9-42 'Ocean Courage' 7-11-42 Takoradi 7-12-42 Middle East 31-12-42 601Sq Malta Sicily 1-8-43 NWAfrica 1-11-43 SOC 25-7-46
ER557 Vb,
CBAF
38MU 6-10-42 47MU 14-10-42 'R.626' 20-10-42 Gibraltar 6-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 232Sq 'EF-D' USAAF 29-2-44 Middle East 25-2-45 SOC 26-9-46
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify