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Spitfire AB186

Type : Spitfire Mark : Vb First Flew : 27th November 1941 Last Flew : 17th September 1945 Built at : Eastleigh Powered by : Merlin 45M Known Codes : SD-P

Known information
25th December 1943	Joined No.501 Sqn with code SD-P.
04th January 1944	Damaged in combat with aircraft of JG26 near Abbeville. Flight Sergeant R E Farrow managed to get the aircraft back to base.
20th February 1944	Damaged on operations.
23rd March 1944	Damaged in flying accident.
21st June 1945	Joined No.631 Sqn.
17th September 1945	Struck off.

Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb AB186
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Name	Info
Farrow, R E Click the name above to see a profile of Farrow, R E	Farrow, R E On 4th January 1944, his Spitfire Vb AB186 SD-P of No.501 Sqn was damaged in combat with aircraft of JG26. He managed to get the aircraft back to base.

Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb AB186
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Vb AB186. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.501 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 14th June 1929 Fate : Disbanded 10th March 1957 County of Gloucester, City of Bristol (Auxiliary) Nil time - Fear nothing Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.501 Sqn RAF	No.501 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.631 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st December 1943 Fate : Disbanded 11th February 1949 County of Gloucester, City of Bristol (Auxiliary) Nil time - Fear nothing Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.631 Sqn RAF	No.631 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Aircraft type : Spitfire
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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.

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