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Spitfire BL753

Type : Spitfire Mark : Vb Last Flew : 25th June 1944 Built at : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory Powered by : Merlin 45M

Known information
06th April 1942	Joined No.401 Sqn RCAF.
14th June 1942	Damaged on operations.
11th August 1942	Joined No.65 Sqn.
12th September 1942	Joined No.132 Sqn.
28th November 1943	Joined No.316 Sqn.
01st May 1944	Joined No.63 Sqn.
25th June 1944	Shot down by flak off Cherbourg. Flight Lieutenant Barrington Farr Cleeton killed.

Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb BL753
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Name	Info
Cleeton, Barrington Farr Click the name above to see a profile of Cleeton, Barrington Farr    Died : 25 / 6 / 1944	Cleeton, Barrington Farr Killed aged 21 on 25th June 1944 when his Spitfire Mk.V BL753 of No.63 Sqn was shot down by flak off Cherbourg. He is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery. Son of Alfred J. and Lois Cleeton, of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb BL753
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Vb BL753. 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.316 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 12th February 1941 Fate : Disbanded 11th December 1946 Polish - City of Warsaw Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.316 Sqn RAF	No.316 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from April 1944.
No.401 Sqn RCAF Country : Canada Founded : 1st March 1941 Fate : Disbanded 10th July 1945 Ram Mors cellerima hostibus - Very swift death to the enemy Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.401 Sqn RCAF	No.401 Sqn RCAF Full profile not yet available.
No.63 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 5th July 1916 Fate : Disbanded September 1992 Pone nos ad hostem - Follow us to find the enemy Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.63 Sqn RAF	No.63 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.65 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 1st August 1916 Fate : Disbanded 30th June 1992 East India Vi e tarmis - By force of arms Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.65 Sqn RAF	No.65 Sqn RAF Flew Mustangs from December 1943.

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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