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Type : Spitfire X4170
Mark : Ia
First Flew : 10th August 1940
Built at : Eastleigh
Powered by : Merlin III
Known Codes :
LZ-R
X4170 was shot down by Bf109s over Kent on 25th October https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=2667
Spitfire X4237
Type : Spitfire
Mark : Ia
First Flew : 16th August 1940
Built at : Eastleigh
Powered by : Merlin III https://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=2692
X4237 shot down by a Bf109 on 27.09.40. The pilot Sgt. D. Cox baled out and his aircraft crashed at Wye Court Farm, Wye, Kent. The site was officially excavated in 1974. The two relics both have 300 part numbers and could be identified with further research. Remains of interior green paint and a leather strap also Battle of Britain Spitfire relics X4237 19 Sqn | #500031434
Type : Spitfire X4424
Mark : Ia
First Flew :
Built at : Eastleigh
Powered by : Merlin III
Known Codes :
P1421 ?
P1428 ?
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1940 WWII RAF Combat Report | eBay
Part of Sqd. Leader B Lane's account of a dogfight at the peak of the Battle of Britain, including 'finally got one in both engins. Never had so much fun'. Combat report. World War Two. see pictures.www.ebay.com
P7443 Spitfire F.IIa (Merlin XII); TOC/RAF 1.10.40; No.54.Sqn ('KL-E'); Circus 5, shot down by the first Group of No.2 (F)Wing [I/JG.2], force-landed near Calais 26.2.41 (Sgt H Squire, PoW); SOC/RAF 28.2.41 (98:05 flying hours); To E-Stelle Rechlin; Messerschmitt factory Augsburg from 21.4.41, was to be fitted with a DB601 engine, but this was cancelled; Flown at Echterdingen (near Boblingen, south of Stuttgart,); Retd to Testcentre Rechlin 9.9.42; Fate unknown Spitfires in the Luftwaffe?P7443 Spitfire F.IIa (Merlin XII); TOC/RAF 1.10.40; No.54.Sqn ('KL-E'); Circus 5, shot down by the first Group of No.2 (F)Wing [I/JG.2], force-landed near Calais 26.2.41 (Sgt H Squire, PoW); SOC/RAF 28.2.41 (98:05 flying hours); To E-Stelle Rechlin; Messerschmitt factory Augsburg from 21.4.41, was to be fitted with a DB601 engine, but this was cancelled; Flown at Echterdingen (near Boblingen, south of Stuttgart,); Retd to Testcentre Rechlin 9.9.42; Fate unknown Spitfires in the Luftwaffe?
coded KL-E Charles Howard Squire
Shot down near Calais by Hptm Herbert Ihlefeld, Kommandeur I./LG2. Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Crashlanded spitfire -54 Sq
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