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JOHN McBEAN. Christie

Name : JOHN McBEAN. Christie Died : 26th September 1940 Service Number : 741898

John McBean Christie joined the RAFVR in July 1938 as an Airman u/t Pilot. He was called up on 1st September 1939 and did his elementary flying training at 12 EFTS Wick. He moved on to 5 FTS Sealand on No. 48 Course, which ran from 27th May to 10th August 1940.Christie arrived at 7 OTU Hawarden on the 10th and after converting to Spitfires in August 1940 Christie joined 152 Sqn at Warmwell . On the 26th September Christie was shoot down by a Bf 109 in combat over the channel off Swanage, Dorset. His Spitfire K9882, crashed into the sea and he was picked up dead. He is buried in Arkleston Cemetery, Renfrew. He was 22 years old. .

Known Service Details :
Squadron	Rank	Start of Service	End of Service	Known Dates	Aircraft	Airframes	Notes
No.152 Sqn RAF	Sergeant	unknown	26th September 1940		Spitfire	K9882	Killed in Action

Known Individual Aircraft :
Type	Serial	Codes	First Flew	Squadron History	Aircrew History	History Notes	Engine	Factory
Spitfire Ia	K9882		02/03/1939	details	details	details	Merlin II	Eastleigh

Aircraft for : JOHN McBEAN. Christie
A list of all aircraft associated with JOHN McBEAN. Christie. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Aircraft	Info
Spitfire Click the name above to see prints featuring Spitfire aircraft. 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.

Squadrons for : JOHN McBEAN. Christie
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by JOHN McBEAN. Christie. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.152 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st October 1918 Fate : Disbanded 15th November 1967 Hyderabad Faithful ally Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.152 Sqn RAF	No.152 Sqn RAF Operated from Warmwell during the Battle of Britain.

Last edited : 21:40, January 5, 2018
Last editor : HMS

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