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Spitfire AR432

Type : Spitfire Mark : Vb Last Flew : 12th February 1944 Built at : Westland Powered by : Merlin 45 Known Codes : FN-W GE-G WX-B

Known information
14th January 1942	Joined No.313 Sqn.
12th August 1942	Joined No.331 Sqn with code FN-W.
20th November 1942	Joined No.302 Sqn.
02nd May 1943	Flown (with code WX-B) by Polish Ace Stanislaw Bzerski as he claimed an Fw190.
28th June 1943	Joined No.132 Sqn.
08th October 1943	Joined No.349 Sqn with code GE-G.

Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb AR432
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Name	Info
Brzeski, Stanislaw Click the name above to see a profile of Brzeski, Stanislaw    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.

Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb AR432
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Vb AR432. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.132 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st March 1918 Fate : Disbanded 15th April 1946 City of Bombay Cave leopardum - Beware the leopard Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.132 Sqn RAF	No.132 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.302 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 13th July 1940 Fate : Disbanded 18th December 1946 Polish - City of Poznan Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.302 Sqn RAF	No.302 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.313 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 10th May 1941 Fate : Disbanded 15th February 1946 Czech Jeden jestrab mnoho vran rozhan - One hawk scatters many crows Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.313 Sqn RAF	No.313 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.331 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 21st July 1947 Fate : Disbanded 21st November 1945 Norwegian For Norge - For Norway Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.331 Sqn RAF	No.331 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.349 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 9th January 1943 Fate : Disbanded 24th October 1946 Belgian Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.349 Sqn RAF	No.349 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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