Spitfire Database

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SerialPicModel,
Factory
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EP539 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 1-7-42 82MU 8-7-42 312Sq 4-8-42 Shot down by flak off St.Peter Port Guernsey CE 14-5-43 F/O J Novak+ FH259:10
EP540 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 1-7-42 82MU 8-7-42 'Canada' 3-12-42 Basrah 1-3-43 USSR
EP541 Vb,
CBAF
39MU 2-7-42 76MU 28-7-42 'HMS Furious' 4-8-42 flown off 'HMS Furious' to Malta 11-8-42 185Sq Tyre burst belly landed Hal Far CB 1-9-42 P/O L Cheek safe 1435Sq 'V-Q' Damaged by Bf109 and crashed on landing Hal Far CE 16-1... ...
EP542 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 2-7-42 42MU 10-9-42 'R.621' 16-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 NWAfrica 28-2-43 232Sq Missing from interception 18-4-43 P/O AF Sherwin PoW
EP543 VbT,
CBAF
38MU 1-7-42 222MU 11-8-42 'Nigerian' 29-8-42 Takoradi 3-10-42 Middle East 145Sq CB 28-12-42 Hit by EP869 on t/off Ben Gardane South CE 3-3-43 F/O PB Laing-Meason inj [NWAfrica 1-11-43 SOC 8-3-44]
EP544 Vb,
CBAF
45MU 1-7-42 222MU 5-12-42 'R.647' 19-12-42 Gibraltar 6-2-43 NWAfrica 28-2-43
EP545 VbT,
CBAF
38MU 1-7-42 82MU 4-9-42 'R.620' 15-10-42 Gibraltar 1-11-42 NWAfrica 242Sq Shot down by US aircraft and abandoned in flames 26-12-42 P/O Lindsay safe
EP546 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 23-7-42 76MU 29-7-42 'HMS Furious' 4-8-42 flown off 'HMS Furious' to Malta 11-8-42 126Sq e/f crash landed and caught fire Qrendi CE 17-8-42 Sgt JG McGill inj SOC 19-8-42
EP547 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 3-7-42 76MU 26-7-42 312Sq 'DU-B' 4-8-42 Undershot and damaged u/c Church Stanton CB 4-1-43 Sgt J Zakravsky (Czech) safe 310Sq 29-3-43 Hit by fire from ground low flying Babbacombe AC 18-4-43 FSgt K Pernica (Czech) sa... ...
EP548 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 3-7-42 19Sq 10-8-42 402Sq 26-4-43 SF Digby 23-6-43 402Sq 15-7-43 416Sq 19-8-43 SF Digby 26-9-43 402Sq 25-4-44 Stb oleo collapsed taxying Horne ALG AC 2-5-44 WgCdr JA Checketts (RNZAF) safe LMS riw M45M install 6-7-4... ...
EP549 Vb,
CBAF
33MU 5-7-42 118Sq 'NK-Q' 3-9-42 64Sq 25-9-43 Developed glycol leak on sweep abandoned and dived into Channel 14-1-44 FH498 P/O HRG Poulton PoW
EP550 VbT,
CBAF
39MU 3-7-42 RAF Abbotsinch 21-7-42 'HMS Furious' 4-8-42 flown off 'HMS Furious' to Malta 11-8-42 229Sq Tipped on nose during t/off Ta Kali CB 11-10-42 SOC 14-10-42
EP398 Vb,
CBAF
12MU 22-6-42 610Sq 'DW-E' 14-7-42 167Sq 14-10-42 132Sq 19-5-43 19Sq 25-5-43 416Sq 10-6-43 Heavy landing u/c collapsed Digby AC 10-6-43 F/O WA Clews (RCAF) safe. e/f nosed in Oulton CB 2-10-43 P/O AJ Tafuro (RCAF) safe 50... ...
EP399 Vb,
CBAF
39MU 25-6-42 76MU 2-8-42 'Empire Sunbeam' 19-8-42 Takoradi 13-9-42 92Sq 'S' FTR ops 28-10-42 FLt L Cocker+ [shown as EP613]
EP400 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 22-6-42 76MU 27-7-42 'City of Derby' 1-11-42 Basrah 10-1-43 USSR
EP401 VbT,
CBAF
38MU 22-6-42 215MU 19-7-42 'Empire Cameron' 19-8-42 Takoradi 3-9-42 Middle East 28-9-42 92Sq 601Sq NWAfrica 1-11-44 2FTS USAAF Ground looped Algeria 3-3-44 Lt WC Zelinski (USA) safe SOC 28-4-45
EP402 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 21-6-42 82MU 8-7-42 'City of Derby' 1-11-42 Basrah 10-1-43 USSR
EP403 Vb,
CBAF
6MU 21-6-42 76MU 7-7-42 'Bandar Shahpour' 23-10-42 Basrah 13-1-43 USSR
EP404 Vb,
CBAF
8MU 24-6-42 222MU 20-8-42 'Empire Franklin' 30-8-42 Gibraltar 14-9-42 1435Sq 'V-K' 'V-A' by 7-11-42 Malta 1-12-42 NAfrica 1-6-43 NWAfrica USAAF 1-10-43 RAF 1-10-43 AFU Pilot passed out and crashed on landing Setif CB 30-... ...
EP405 Vb,
CBAF
9MU 26-6-42 76MU 2-8-42 'Empire Sunbeam' 19-8-42 Takoradi 13-9-42 Middle East 7-10-42 92Sq Hit ER182 on landing Melah-en-Nogra Libya CE 18-12-42 F/O JLG Turvey (RCAF) inj SOC 5-1-43
Source: Andrew Pentland's Spitfire Production Site (with permission). Status is our own field - we rely on users to modify