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Spitfire AA758 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

Spitfire AA758


Type : Spitfire
Mark : Vb
First Flew : 9th October 1941
Last Flew : 14th December 1944
Built at : Chattis Hill
Powered by : Merlin 45
Known Codes :
JH-V


Known information
19th October 1941Joined No.317 Sqn.
25th April 1942Flown (with code JH-V) by Polish Ace Stanislaw Brzeski as he claimed an Fw190, taking his total to 5 victories and making him an Ace.
20th December 1942Joined No.164 Sqn.
21st February 1943Joined No.341 Sqn.
23rd March 1943Joined No.340 Sqn.
20th June 1943Crashed in forced landing near East Fortune.
June 1944Joined No.808 Sqn FAA.
14th December 1944Damaged beyond repair in crash. Squadron Leader P S Gilmore ok.



Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb AA758
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Brzeski, Stanislaw
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   Died : 3 / 12 / 1972
Brzeski, Stanislaw

Stanislaw Brzeski came from Poland to join the RAF, and was with No.307 Sqn by 9th September 1940. He transferred to No.303 Sqn on 14th October 1940, then to No.245 Sqn on 8th November 1940. His final transfer of the year saw him join No.249 Sqn in December 1940. He scored his first victory with this squadron, claiming an Me109 on 10th February 1941. The bulk of his victories would be scored with No.317 Sqn, however, which he joined on 25th February 1941. Here he claimed victories over an Me109, a Ju88, an He111 and an Fw190, as well as half claims on an Me109 and a Ju88. In addition, he claimed an Fw190 probable and another damaged. He transferred to No.302 Sqn on 23rd April 1943, where he claimed a further two Fw190s and a half claim of an Fw190, plus another probable. This would be the last of his victories, as he moved to No.303 Sqn once again on 28th December 1943. On 21st May 1944, his Spitfire Mk.Vb EP461 of No.303 Sqn failed to return from a mission to the Pas de Calais. He was taken prisoner until the end of the war. He passed away on 3rd December 1972.
Gilmore, P S
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Gilmore, P S

On 14th December 1944, his Spitfire Mk.Vb AA758 was damaged beyond repair in a crash, but he was ok.



Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb AA758
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No.164 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 6th April 1942
Fate : Disbanded 31st August 1946
Argentine British

Firmes Volamos - Firmly we fly

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No.164 Sqn RAF

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No.317 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 19th February 1941
Fate : Disbanded 18th December 1946
Polish - City of Wilno

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No.317 Sqn RAF

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No.340 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 7th November 1941
Fate : Disbanded 25th November 1945
French Ile-de-France

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No.340 Sqn RAF

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No.341 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 18th January 1943
Fate : Disbanded 7th November 1945
French G.C3/2 Alsace

Friendship

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No.341 Sqn RAF

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No.808 Sqn FAA

Country : UK
Fleet Air Arm

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No.808 Sqn FAA

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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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