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Lockheed P-38 Lightnings-15th Air Force Over Yugoslavia

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Spitfire, P8313, Mk. IIb, Missing from sweep to St.Omer 22-7-41...
Spitfire, P8713, Mk. Vb, Missing escorting Blenheims to Hazebrouck 29-8-41...
Spitfire, P9313, Mk. Ia, damaged enemy action 19-9-40 Missing from PR sortie along French coast 9-11-40 (originally for Turkey)...
Spitfire, P9513, Mk. Ia, shot down by Bf109 force-landed Hawkinge P/O Wade safe, 15-9-40...
Spitfire, R6613, Mk. Is, shot down by Bf109 E London F/Lt Paterson safe, 11-9-40...
Spitfire, R6713, Mk. Ia, FTR after combat over Kent 18-8-40 parts of aircraft dug up from Kent Marsh in 1971 F/O Gruszka buried Northwood Cemetery...
Spitfire, R6813, Mk. Ia, air collision with R7067 nr Morpeth, 7-7-43...
Spitfire, R7213, Mk. Va, engine failed into sea nr Bognor Regis 23-11-41...
Spitfire, W3513, Vb, collided with AB825 and crashed White Farm 5m S of Maidstone Kent CE 13-2-42...
Spitfire, W3713, Mk. Vb, USAAF 5-9-42, struck tree night takeoff wheels up landing Boulmer 2-3-45...
Spitfire, X4013, Mk. Ia, shot down by Bf109 over Tunbridge Wells P/O Winter killed - baled out too low 5-9-40...
Spitfire, X4613, Mk. Ia, lost wing and crashed Gedney Hill Lincs 2-3-41...
Spitfire, X4713, Mk. Ia, flew into high ground nr Ruabon Mountain Denbigh 16-11-41...
Spitfire, X4913, Mk. Ia, on training flight 3-11-41 wreck found Pen-Y-Fan Brecons 21-7-42...
Spitfire, AA813, PRIV, hit snowbank landing Topcliffe, 24-1-42...
Spitfire, AB413, Mk. Vb, Seafire Ib reserialled MB334 6-3-42...

Spitfire, AB813, Mk. Vb, missing from bomber escort to Mazingarbe 17-9-41, Sgt J D Draper RCAF killed...
Spitfire, D413, No. Vb, hit wires crashed force-landed nr Howden Yorks, 11-1-46 pilot killed...
Spitfire, AR613, Mk. Vc, Gibraltar 9-11-42, No. 242 Squadron, shot down by Fw190s near Bone 1-1-43...
Spitfire, BL413, Vb, No. 306 Squadron, 'UZ-A' 10-1-42, missing from bomber escort to Caen 18-4-42 ...
Spitfire, BL513, Mk. Vb, to USSR 30-1-43...
Spitfire, BL713, No. Vb , No. 132 Squadron 6-10-42, missing on shipping recce near Orfordness Suffolk 1-12-42 Sgt R A Carr RCAF killed...
Spitfire, BL813, Mk. Vb, No. 122 Squadron, shot down by Fw190s 10 milee west of Ostend 24-4-42, S/Ldr R Miller killed...
Spitfire, BM513, Mk. Vb, No. Squadron 485 23-1-43, shot down by flak near Neuville 6-2-43...
Spitfire, BP913, PRIVT, 2 PRU Middle East 6-5-42, FA 18-12-42, crashlanded after glycol leak on Djerba Island 15-4-43...
Spitfire, BR313, Mk. Vc T, 39MU 1-5-42, allot Malta on Empire Conrad, missing on ff from Porthreath 3-6-42...
Spitfire, BR413, PRIVT, crashed after swing on takeoff to avoid Magister dbf test pilot killed 24-4-42, liability accepted by Air Min after query received from MAP contracts...
Spitfire, BS113, Mk. IX, No. 611 Squadron 24-7-42, shot down by Fw190 off Dungeness 2-11-42 Sgt C W Keens killed...

Spitfire, BS313, Mk. IX, No. 133 Squadron 'MD-A' 8-9-42, ran out of fuel and forcelanded in Brittany 26-9-42, F/Lt E G Brettel DFC PoW, shot after the 'Great Escape'...
Spitfire, EE713, Mk. Vc , Australia 24-2-43, RAAF as A58-123, collided with P-40E A29-12, Mildura 3-44...
Spitfire, EN313, Mk. IX, Empire Tide 3-2-43, Gibraltar 16-2-43, North West Africa 31-3-43, Malta 1-7-43, Sicily 1-9-43, shot down by flak Castelnuovo 17-12-43...
Spitfire, EN613, Mk, XII, ros AST 16-10-43, Ramrod escorting Mosquitos to Dieppe, collided with EN618 over the sea in bad weather 31-1-44, F/O D R Inskip killed...
Spitfire, EN913, Mk. Vb, La Pampa 5-12-42, alloc USSR VASM 30-6-43, fuel syst mods wing stiff S Type pt MkIII IFF bomb carrier...
Spitfire, EP113, Mk. Vb, crashed in sea on convoy patrol 29-7-42...
Spitfire, EP213, Mk. Vb, City of Derby 1-11-42, USSR 10-1-43...
Spitfire, EP313, Mk. Vb T, Empire Darwin 29-6-42, Malta 1-8-42, C2 26-10-42, Hit vehicle while taxying Hal Far 29-12-42...
Spitfire, EP413, Mk. Vb, No. 310 Squadron 19-7-42, massed Rhubarb to Lannion CB 23-7-42, No. 118 Squadron 15-9-42, ramrod to Le Havre Abandoned over Channel 27-6-43...
Spitfire, ER313, Mk. Vb, Paribonga 30-10-42, Takoradi Middle East 16-12-42, shot down by fighters over Sicily 12-7-43...
Spitfire, ER913, Mk. Vc, East Africa No. 242 Squadron, missing, presumed shot down by Fw190s near Cap Rosa 3-1-43...
Spitfire, ES113, Mk. Vb, Zarian 5-12-42, lost at sea 18-1-43...
Spitfire, ES213, Mk. Vc, Zarian 5-12-42, lost at sea 18-1-43...
Spitfire, ES313, Mk. Vc, Atlantic City 20-1-43, Takoradi 11-3-43, Middle East 11-4-43, Malta 3-6-43 abandoned after engine cut 5m N of St.Julian's Bay Malta 1-6-43...
Spitfire, JF413, Fort Jersey 11-5-43, Casablanca 30-5-43, North West Africa 1-7-43, Middle East 1-9-43, North west AfricanAF 1-11-43, No. 92 Squadron 'QJ-V', hit by flak and abandoned 4m S of Paenza 13-9-44...
Spitfire, JF513, Mk. VIII, Casablanca 29-6-43, Middle East 1-8-43, North West African AF 1-11-43, damaged by flak and abandoned 13-11-44...

Spitfire, JF613, Mk VIII, Fort Chesterfield 11-7-43, Casablanca 29-7-43, North West Africa No. 92 Squadron, collided with Fw190 and abandoned near Pescara 5-12-43...
Spitfire, MH413, Mk. LFIX, No. 222 Squadron 'ZD-M' 21-8-43, shot down by own AA near Bayeux 21-6-44...
Spitfire, MH813, Mk. IX, Casablanca 17-11-43, 218 Group North Africa 30-11-43, 7 SAAF, hit by flak and engine cut abandoned 12-8-44...
Spitfire, MJ913, LF Mk. IX, Casablanca 17-3-44, 4 SAAF, engine cut abandoned 12m north of Peseara 26-5-44...
Spitfire, MK213, LF Mk. IX, No. 340 Squadron 3-3-44, collided with Spitfire MK917 over Namur and crashed off Ostend 2-5-44, S/Lt M Reeve killed...
Spitfire, MK613, LF Mk. IX, USSR...
Spitfire, MK913 LFIX, No. 441 Squadron 21-9-44, Scottish Aviation 13-3-45, RNethAF 25-5-47 as H-34...
Spitfire, ML213, LF Mk. IX, No. 441 Squadron, shot down by fighters and flak 3m W of Lisieux 2-7-44...
Seafire, NN313, Seafire III, No. 801 Squadron 11-44, to 12-44, No. 880 Squadron, collided with NN320 1-2-45 (S/L TF Scott) No. 768 Squadron, landed wheels-up 22-4-45 (S/L PB Lane) AFEE Beaulieu spun in off roll at low height Cat E 25-5-46 (S/Ldr RH Palmer RAF killed)...
Seafire, NN413, Seafire III, No. 807 Squadron, Hunter caught No.9 wire into barrier 23-4-45 (S/L JH Brewer) Embarking from Trincomalee engine fire baled out Cat ZZ 4-8-45 (L/C EJ Clark OK)...
Seafire, NX913, Seafire Ib, No. 761 Squadron, Henstridge 5-43, low approach hit tree 300yds from South West corner of airfield Cat Z 8-11-43 (S/L RF Ringrose killed)...
Spitfire, PL313, LF Mk. IX, No. 453 Squadron 'FU-D', hit by flak nr Lisieux and crashlanded 23-7-44...
Spitfire, PT913, HF Mk. IX, No. 345 Squadron 'Y' 6-9-44, armed recce to Germany, ditched in the channel 18-9-44, Adj-Chef Maurel killed...
Spitfire, PV213, LF Mk. IX, No. 332 Squadron 'AH-W' 19-10-44, missing from sweep 16-2-45, 2/Lt H H Lorentzen killed...
Spitfire, RK813, LF Mk. IX, Murmansk 30-10-44 USSR...
Spitfire, RK913, LF Mk. XVI , No. 66 Squadron 30-11-44, hit by flak and crashlanded near Otterbo 19-3-45...
Spitfire, SM313, LF Mk. XVI, No. 403 Squadron 14-12-44, escorting B-25s, engine lost power crashlanded near Bocholt 15-3-45...
Spitfire, SM613, LF Mk. IX, Empire Celia 26-12-44, Hapmat 9-1-45 USSR...
Spitfire, TA913, LF Mk. IX, Fort Massac 11-11-44, Hapmat 8-12-44 USSR...
Spitfire, TB213, LF Mk. IX, Fort Massac 15-2-45, Hapmat 20-3-45 USSR...
Spitfire, TB413, LF Mk. IX, Hapmat 21-2-45 USSR...

Found one of the above, 22 July.Spitfire II P8313 (ZF-P) F/O Bozek. KIA Sweep.Shot down in combat. Lost in the *channel.

....and another, P8713;

Aug 29
Led by S/Ldr Pietraszkiewicz were F/Lt Mickiewicz, F/O Wolinski, Sgt Chudek, P/O Miksa, Sgt Cwynar, P/O Andersz, P/O Gil, Sgt Malczewski, Sgt Adamiak and Sgt Krieger. Takeoff at 6:30 a.m. Rendezvouz with bombers at 18K over Rye. "Bric bats" (315's code name) flew at 21000 feet. With engine malfunction, S/Ldr Pietraszkiewicz peeled off and landed at Hawking. F/Lt Mickiewicz took over the command of the squadron. All the way to the target, only light flak was a sole sign of the German defense. After Blenheims unloaded the whole formation was attacked by numerous e/a. Section led by F/Lt Mickiewicz lagged behind the Wing and fought a heavy fight with Bf-109s. F/Lt Mickiewicz safely landed in Belgium in a badly shot-up a/c. He became POW. He was the only loss for 315. Sgt Chudek recorded 2 Bf-109s destroyed and 1 Bf-109 probable. P/O Andersz got 1 Bf-109 damaged.

Below are scans of photographs taken by Bruno Pischetsrieder, an amateur photographer and a German soldier, who witness the moment of F/Lt Mickiewicz's force-landing on the beach of Middelkerke, Belgium, and right in front of the billets of his unit. He even managed to capture the scene of the Polish pilot being accompanied by three German fighters moments before landing ( top left picture). The downed Spitfire bears visible marks oil on the cowling and bullet holes in the fuselage and empennage.













From, Polish Squadrons Remembered..

P9313, a PRIa - PR Flight St. Eval - seems to have been shot down by Oblt Franz Eckerle of .6/JG 54 at 11:45h 3km E of Deal from 2.000m....

Don't know the code to F/O Gruszka's bird though... No. 65 Squadron, YT-?....

Spitfire R6813, No. 64 Squadron, SH-?...

13.02.1942 No. 316 Squadron Spitfire Vb W3513 SZ-P Sgt. Musial
Operation: Shipping Recce
Date: 13th February 1942 (Friday)
Unit: No. 316 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Spitfire Vb
Serial: W3513*
Code: SZ-P
Base: R.A.F. Northolt, Middlesex.
Location: White Farm, Maidstone, Kent.
Pilot: Sgt. Jan Wladyslaw Musial P-782995 P.A.F. Age 26. Killed

Reason for loss:
Take off time 11.15 hrs on a sweep between Ostend and Gravelines searching for shipping. No reports of contact and the squadron returned to base. During the return Spitfire W3513 collided with that of AB825 flown by F/O. Radwanski.*
F/O. Gustav Radwanksi managed to bale out of his Spitfire VB AB825 SZ-T landing at Linton Park. Sgt Musial crashed at White Farm he was found still strapped in his cockpit.

Geo

Cheers! Good website, innit Geo?

Spitfire Mk. Vb, BL413, 'UZ-A'.....

I imagine that Vb, or Vc with a T, the 'T' means Tropical, right?

Spitfire Mk. IX EN313, 21 of April - Patrol over Tunis. F/Lt W.Krol ZX-4(EN313) shot down...
This bird was part of the Polish Fighting Team, the legendary Skalski's Circus....


The legendary Skalski's Circus, by Spitfire IX EN268 ZX-5 standing, left to right F/O Kazimierz Sporny, F/O Ludwik Martel, F/Lt Karol Pniak, F/O Wladyslaw Drecki, F/Lt Eugeniusz Horbaczewski, W/O Wladyslaw Majchrzyk, F/Sgt Marcin Machowiak, F/Sgt Kazimierz Sztramko, F/Lt Waclaw Krol, S/Ldr Stanislaw Skalski, F/O Mieczyslaw Wyszkowski, sitting on the ground: P/O Jan Kowalski and W/O Bronislaw Malinowski (F/O Bohdan Arct took the photograph).


Winners of the combat on April 20. From left to right F/Lt Waclaw Krol, W/O Wladyslaw Majchrzyk, W/O Mieczyslaw Popek, F/O Wladyslaw Drecki, F/O Ludwik Martel, F/O Bohdan Arct.

Lucky13 said:

I imagine that Vb, or Vc with a T, the 'T' means Tropical, right?

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I would say so Jan... purely a logbook clarification though by the sounds (?)

Aye Jan, T-Tropical. If you don't mind, I added some info to the capture I posted so that others can make sense of it.


1-First Flown, 2-Maintainance Unit, 3-Air Service Training, 4-64 Squadron, 5,7,8,-I believe these are damage categories, 6-Air Service Training, 9-Factory where aircraft was completed-Eastleigh,(built at Supermarine factory), 10-Engine, 11-57 Operational Training Unit, 12-Allocated to Instructional Airframe duties (for ground training), 13-Write Off, 14-Struck Off Charge

Geo

Gave me a headache as well G-Man....