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Spitfire BL594 |
Type : Spitfire Mark : Vb Last Flew : 9th May 1944 Built at : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory Powered by : Merlin 45 |
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21st April 1942 | Joined No.242 Sqn. |
02nd May 1942 | Damaged in flying accident. |
15th July 1942 | Joined No.303 Sqn. |
03rd May 1943 | Damaged in flying accident |
25th June 1943 | Joined No.308 Sqn. |
05th January 1944 | Joined No.234 Sqn. |
09th May 1944 | Shot down by flak near Berck-sur-Mer. Flight Lieutenant Dennis Newton Greenhalgh baled out but did not survive. |
Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb BL594 | ||
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Greenhalgh, Dennis Newton Click the name above to see a profile of Greenhalgh, Dennis Newton
| Greenhalgh, Dennis Newton Killed aged 23 on 9th May 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.Vb BL594 was shot down by flak and crashed near Berck-sur-Mer. He baled out of the aircraft but did not survive. He is buried in the Bayeux War Cemetery. Son of Charles James Greenhalgh and Hilda Greenhalgh, of Buxton, Derbyshire. |
Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb BL594 | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Vb BL594. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
Squadron | Info | |
No.234 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Madras Presidency Ignem mortemque despuimu - We spit fire and death | No.234 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from September 1944. | |
No.242 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1964 Canadian Toujours pret - Always ready | No.242 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. | |
No.303 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 22nd July 1940 Fate : Disbanded 11th November 1946 Polish - Kosciuszko Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.303 Sqn RAF | No.303 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from April 1945. | |
No.308 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 5th September 1940 Fate : Disbanded 18th December 1946 Polish - City of Krakow Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.308 Sqn RAF | No.308 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available. |
Aircraft type : Spitfire | ||
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Aircraft | Info | |
Spitfire
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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