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Spitfire BM593

Type : Spitfire Mark : Vb Last Flew : 18th June 1945 Built at : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory Powered by : Merlin 45M Known Codes : SD-Q

Known information
13th June 1942	Joined No.154 Sqn
25th July 1942	Damaged in flying accident.
15th October 1942	Joined No.232 Sqn.
11th November 1942	Joined No.164 Sqn.
05th December 1942	Damaged in flying accident
03rd February 1943	Joined No.341 Sqn.
23rd March 1943	Joined No.340 Sqn.
24th May 1943	Damaged again in flying accident.
23rd May 1944	Damaged after being hit by flak near Bayeux. Flying Officer R C Deleuze returned safely.
May 1944	Joined No.501 Sqn with code SD-Q.
13th August 1944	Damaged on operations.
18th June 1945	Struck off.

Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire Vb BM593
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Name	Info
Deleuze, R C Click the name above to see a profile of Deleuze, R C	Deleuze, R C On 23rd May 1944 his Spitfire Mk.Vb BM593 SD-Q of No.501 Sqn returned safley after being hit and damaged by flak in the Bateux area.

Squadrons for : Spitfire Vb BM593
A list of all squadrons known to have flown Spitfire Vb BM593. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.154 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 7th August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 31st March 1945 His modus ad victoriam - By this means to victory Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.154 Sqn RAF	No.154 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.164 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 6th April 1942 Fate : Disbanded 31st August 1946 Argentine British Firmes Volamos - Firmly we fly Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.164 Sqn RAF	No.164 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.232 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 20th August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 15th August 1946 Strike Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.232 Sqn RAF	No.232 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.340 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 7th November 1941 Fate : Disbanded 25th November 1945 French Ile-de-France Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.340 Sqn RAF	No.340 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.341 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 18th January 1943 Fate : Disbanded 7th November 1945 French G.C3/2 Alsace Friendship Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.341 Sqn RAF	No.341 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
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.

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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