stuart3009
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- Sep 9, 2019
can anyone help where can i obtain spitfire movemnt card for spitfire vb w3827
spitfire movement card
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Crimea_River
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Have you tried asking at the RAF Museum Hendon? British archives at Kew?
buffnut453
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Last I checked, all aircraft movement cards are held by the RAF's Air Historical Branch. Their contact details are provided in this website:
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stuart3009
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thanksLast I checked, all aircraft movement cards are held by the RAF's Air Historical Branch. Their contact details are provided in this website:
RAF Museum Hendon holds a range of records relating to individual aircraft, see the linked page for details.
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
If you go to that page on their website, have a look at the 'Archive Collection' listing down the left hand side of the page for details of other archive material in their collection with links to go to descriptions of that material.
However, a quick look in the aircraft details included in 'Spitfire the History' by Morgan & Shacklady gives the following as extracted from the Form 78.
W3827 2015 Holt V FF 29-8-41 24MU 29-8 316S 17-10 FACE 26-3 42 SOC
Aircraft records
Collections Detail page Photographs Photographic collection Charles Brown Collection Jack Bruce Collection British Aerospace Kingston Aerial photography Request images Fine art Medals & uniforms Film & sound …
www.rafmuseum.org.uk
If you go to that page on their website, have a look at the 'Archive Collection' listing down the left hand side of the page for details of other archive material in their collection with links to go to descriptions of that material.
However, a quick look in the aircraft details included in 'Spitfire the History' by Morgan & Shacklady gives the following as extracted from the Form 78.
W3827 2015 Holt V FF 29-8-41 24MU 29-8 316S 17-10 FACE 26-3 42 SOC
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Best place to go is the RAF Museum rather than the AHB. The AHB holds the records until they've been declassified, after the 30 year rule, then they go to Hendon for public consumption. AHB would probably recommend you go to DoRIS at Hendon. They used to be on microfiche in the Reading Room.
buffnut453
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Well...yes and no. I agree that Hendon is probably the best bet in terms of ease of access and speed of response. However, back in the early noughties I regularly visited the AHB to access WW2 Aircraft Movement and Casualty Record Cards. They had an entire room of small wooden drawers filled with cards. That's not to say copies haven't been sent to Hendon but I can't comment on access there because I've never tried it.
Yup, the originals are held by the AHB, whereas Hendon had copies on microfische. The general public are nominally encouraged to go to Hendon rather than the AHB, simply because DoRIS had the facilities to deal with public enquiries. DoRIS had, at the time I worked there, nine dedicated research staff, whereas the AHB was much smaller - I don't know exactly, but it certainly didn't have a research department the size of DoRIS. I visited only once when it was at Bentley Priory.
Ok, so I found this using the RAF Commands Search engine:
Jim
RAF Aircraft Serial Numbers Database
This is a database of all RAF aircraft serial numbers that were active during WW2 and after. Currently this covers the J - ZZ series that were active from the 1930s till date. In many logbooks, Pilots would have noted only the number component and left out the alphabet component. This tool helps...
www.rafcommands.com
Spitfire Vb W3827 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]
This is a individual page for Aircraft Spitfire Vb W3827 of the Royal Air Force. You may find some details of its career, loss details, maybe a photograph, and whatever mention of the serial that occurs in the forum. At the very least you will end up knowing what type of aircraft carried this...
www.rafcommands.com
Jim
Crimea_River
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The links don't work for me.
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stuart3009
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many thanksRAF Museum Hendon holds a range of records relating to individual aircraft, see the linked page for details.
Aircraft records
Collections Detail page Photographs Photographic collection Charles Brown Collection Jack Bruce Collection British Aerospace Kingston Aerial photography Request images Fine art Medals & uniforms Film & sound …
If you go to that page on their website, have a look at the 'Archive Collection' listing down the left hand side of the page for details of other archive material in their collection with links to go to descriptions of that material.
However, a quick look in the aircraft details included in 'Spitfire the History' by Morgan & Shacklady gives the following as extracted from the Form 78.
W3827 2015 Holt V FF 29-8-41 24MU 29-8 316S 17-10 FACE 26-3 42 SOC
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stuart3009
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- Sep 9, 2019
Many thanks
