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Spitfire MJ170 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

Spitfire MJ170


Type : Spitfire
Mark : LFIX
Last Flew : 29th April 1944
Built at : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
Powered by : Merlin 66

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29th April 1944Crash landed near Deelen airfield and destroyed by fire after colliding with trees. Pilot Officer Roy Bernard Pullin killed. Flak may have caused the aircraft to crash land, but the victory is claimed by Major Hans-Joachim Jabs of NJG1 who was landing his Me110.



Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire LFIX MJ170
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Pullin, Roy Bernard
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   Died : 29 / 4 / 1944
Pullin, Roy Bernard

Killed aged 21 on 29th April 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.IX MJ170 of No.132 Sqn crash landed near Deelen airfield, hit trees and was destroyed by fire. He is buried at Apeldoorn General Cemetery. Son of Eric James L. Pullin and Dora F. Pullin, of Bristol. Flak may have brought down the aircraft, but the victory has been claimed by Major Hans-Joachim Jabs of NJG1 who was landing his Me110 at the airfield.



Squadrons for : Spitfire LFIX MJ170
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No.132 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 1st March 1918
Fate : Disbanded 15th April 1946
City of Bombay

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No.132 Sqn RAF

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Aircraft type : Spitfire
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Spitfire



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Manufacturer : Supermarine
Production Began : 1936
Retired : 1948
Number Built : 20351

Spitfire

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.



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