Spitfire (Total: 20,815, Canadian: 213, Group 213)
Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire Mk. VI, RCAF (Serial No. X4492), in flight, 26 Feb 1944.
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, using several wing configurations, and it was produced in greater numbers than any other British aircraft. It was also the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the war. The Spitfire continues to be popular among enthusiasts; around 70 remain airworthy, and many more are static exhibits in aviation museums throughout the world.
The Spitfire was designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works, which operated as a subsidiary of Vickers-Armstrong from 1928. Mitchell pushed the Spitfire's distinctive elliptical wing with cutting-edge sunken rivets (designed by Beverley Shenstone) to have the thinnest possible cross-section, helping give the aircraft a higher top speed than several contemporary fighters, including the Hawker Hurricane.
The Spitfire had detachable wing tips which were secured by two mounting points at the end of each main wing assembly. When the Spitfire took on a role as a high-altitude fighter (Marks VI and VII and some early Mk VIIIs), the standard wing tips were replaced by extended, "pointed" tips which increased the wingspan from 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) to 40 ft 2 in (12.24 m). The other wing-tip variation, used by several Spitfire variants, was the "clipped" wing; the standard wing tips were replaced by wooden fairings which reduced the span by 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m). The wing tips used spruce formers for most of the internal structure with a light alloy skin attached using brass screws.
Due to a shortage of Brownings, which had been selected as the new standard rifle calibre machine gun for the RAF in 1934, early Spitfires were fitted with only four guns, with the other four fitted later. Early tests showed that, while the guns worked perfectly on the ground and at low altitudes, they tended to freeze at high altitude, especially the outer wing guns, because the RAF's Brownings had been modified to fire from an open bolt. While this prevented overheating of the cordite used in British ammunition, it allowed cold air to flow through the barrel unhindered. Supermarine did not fix the problem until October 1938, when they added hot air ducts from the rear of the wing-mounted radiators to the guns, and bulkheads around the gunbays to trap the hot air in the wing. Red fabric patches were doped over the gun ports to protect the guns from cold, dirt, and moisture until they were fired.
The first Rolls-Royce Griffon-engined Mk XII flew in August 1942, and first flew operationally with 41 Squadron in April 1943. This mark could nudge 400 mph (640 km/h) in level flight and climb to an altitude of 33,000 ft (10,000 m) in under nine minutes. As American fighters took over the long-range escorting of USAAF daylight bombing raids, the Griffon-engined Spitfires progressively took up the tactical air superiority role, and played a major role in intercepting V-1 flying bombs, while the Merlin-engined variants (mainly the Mk IX and the Packard-engined Mk XVI) were adapted to the fighter-bomber role. Although the later Griffon-engined marks lost some of the favourable handling characteristics of their Merlin-powered predecessors, they could still outmanoeuvre their main German foes and other, later American and British-designed fighters.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Supermarine Spitfire
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
YouTube How the Spitfire Became an Aviation Masterpiece
RCAF Supermarine Spitfire Serials - Kestrel PublicationsSpitfire Mk Vb serial ES105
s/n ES105
Castle Bromwich
ES 105
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 215MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Hit ground low flying 5m SW of Macdonald Algeria FACE 09-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES106
s/n ES106
Castle Bromwich
ES 106
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 215MU 08-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES107
s/n ES107
Castle Bromwich
ES 107
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
R-RH Cv IX M61 39MU 10-02-1943 47MU 30-03-1943 Essex Trader 10-04-1943 Casablanca 25-04-1943 NWAfrica 31-05-1943 Malta 01-06-1943 Sicily NAfrica 30-11-1943 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES108
s/n ES108
Castle Bromwich
ES 108
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 08-11-1942 82MU 20-11-1942 Hamble V 01-12-1942 Gibraltar 08-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East CE ops 14-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES109
s/n ES109
Castle Bromwich
ES 109
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 08-11-1942 76MU 25-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES110
s/n ES110
Castle Bromwich
ES 110
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-11-1942 215MU 20-11-1942 Bluff V 03-12-1942 Gibraltar 31-12-1942 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 SOC 30-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES111
s/n ES111
Castle Bromwich
ES 111
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 10-11-1942 76MU 26-11-1942 FAAC 26-11-1942 ros Empire Tide 03-02-1943 Gibraltar 16-02-1943 NWAfrica 31-03-1943 SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES112
s/n ES112
Castle Bromwich
ES 112
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 10-11-1942 76MU 26-11-1942 Bluff V 03-12-1942 EAfrica C2 ops 06-01-1943 Sicily 01-08-1943 Tyre burst in take-off swung into parked aircraft Milazzo East 13-09-1943 [NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES113
s/n ES113
Castle Bromwich
ES 113
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 08-11-1942 76MU 22-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES114
s/n ES114
Castle Bromwich
ES 114
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 08-11-1942 76MU 16-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi NWAfrica FAC2 09-01-1943 Middle East 31-03-1943 Damaged in air raid Salerno 18-09-1943 SOC 01-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES115
s/n ES115
Castle Bromwich
ES 115
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 10-11-1942 82MU 26-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 09-02-1943 SOC 10-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES116
s/n ES116
Castle Bromwich
ES 116
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 08-11-1942 215MU 18-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 28-01-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NAfricanASC 01-11-1943 Middle East 26-04-1945 SOC 31-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES117
s/n ES117
Castle Bromwich
ES 117
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 18-11-1942 76MU 21-11-1942 Empire Kingsley 30-11-1942 damaged in transit rtp Ottawa Canada 12-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES118
s/n ES118
Castle Bromwich
ES 118
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 08-11-1942 76MU 29-11-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 111S C3 ops 03-04-1943 [Engine overheated crashlanded 3m S of Trani Italy 25-10-1943 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES119
s/n ES119
Castle Bromwich
ES 119
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 08-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES120
s/n ES120
Castle Bromwich
ES 120
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 08-11-1942 76MU 22-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Gibraltar 25-02-1943 SOC 18-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES121
s/n ES121
Castle Bromwich
ES 121
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 08-11-1942 76MU 17-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 31-01-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 Trg del France 04-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES122
s/n ES122
Castle Bromwich
ES 122
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 10-11-1942 76MU 22-11-1942 Hamble V 01-12-1942 Gibraltar FAC3 02-01-1943 AST 20-04-1943 Ocean Rider 23-09-1943 Casablanca 10-10-1943 NAfricanASC 31-01-1944 Hit cart taxying at Petah Tiqva CE 07-06-1945 SOC 02-07-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES123
s/n ES123
Castle Bromwich
ES 123
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 10-11-1942 76MU 22-11-1942 Hamble V 01-12-1942 Gibraltar 08-01-1943 USAAF 31-10-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES124
s/n ES124
Castle Bromwich
ES 124
Merlin 46
Known Units:
Walker:
Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF in the Middle East c.1942/43, coded "AN*J".
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 13-11-1942 222MU 21-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 17-01-1943 NAfricanASC 31-01-1943 Middle East 30-11-1944 SOC 27-03-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES125
s/n ES125
Castle Bromwich
ES 125
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 10-11-1942 222MU 30-11-1942 Hamble V 01-12-1942 Gibraltar 08-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 30-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES126
s/n ES126
Castle Bromwich
ES 126
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-11-1942 222MU 23-11-1942 Bluff V 03-12-1942 Gibraltar 31-12-1942 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 111S C3 ops 03-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES127
s/n ES127
Castle Bromwich
ES 127
Merlin 46
Known Units:
Walker:
Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF in the Middle East c.1942/43. Had left this Squadron before it was converted to a two seater in 1944.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 10-11-1942 82MU 27-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 417S second cockpit install Catania Sicily 1944 SOC 08-03-1944 to GI airframe
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES128
s/n ES128
Castle Bromwich
ES 128
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 10-11-1942 76MU 17-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 31-01-1943 Abandoned on air test 8m E of Tocra 19-06-1943 SOC 01-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES129
s/n ES129
Castle Bromwich
ES 129
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-11-1942 82MU 01-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 Armee de l'Air 12-02-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES130
s/n ES130
Castle Bromwich
ES 130
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 08-11-1942 215MU 20-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 31-01-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES131
s/n ES131
Castle Bromwich
ES 131
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-11-1942 82MU 01-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 25-02-1943 Overturned on landing Homs 16-03-1943 SOC 01-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES132
s/n ES132
Castle Bromwich
ES 132
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 10-11-1942 76MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES133
s/n ES133
Castle Bromwich
ES 133
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 13-11-1942 222MU 26-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 20-02-1943 Hit by flak attacking train N of Larissa and crashlanded 26-10-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES134
s/n ES134
Castle Bromwich
ES 134
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 16-11-1942 FACA 18-11-1942 47MU 11-06-1943 Glenbank 03-07-1943 Takoradi 30-07-1943 Middle East 10-09-1943 Swung on landing and u/c collapsed Ismailia 15-09-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES135
s/n ES135
Castle Bromwich
ES 135
Merlin 46
Known Units:
Walker:
Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF in the Middle East c.1942/43. Failed to return from escort mission on 19 April 1943.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 10-11-1942 222S 21-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 05-03-1943 417S Missing from Kittyhawk escort 19-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Combat 1943-04-19 to 1943-04-19
417 (F) Sqn (RCAF) RAF Ben Gardane, Tunisia
417 City of Windsor Squadron RCAF (Supporting Liberty and Justice) RAF Ben Gardane, Tunisia. Twelve Spitfires were escorting a group of Kittyhawks Northwest of Cap Bon, Tunisia when they were attacked by twenty or more ME109s that dove out of the sun. Four 417 Squadron Spitfires were shot down with one pilot killed in action and three pilots taken as Prisoners of War
Flight Lieutenant GC Armstrong (RCAF) survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
Please see aircraft serials ER 345, ER 364 and ER 343 for additional information
The RCAF Overseas, The First Four Years, page 333
Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES136
s/n ES136
Castle Bromwich
ES 136
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 13-11-1942 222S 20-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 31-01-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 MedAAF 20-09-1945 SOC 08-11-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES137
s/n ES137
Castle Bromwich
ES 137
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 09-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 241S Hit by flak on recce and forcelanded 11-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES138
s/n ES138
Castle Bromwich
ES 138
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 10-11-1942 76MU 23-11-1942 Skeldergate 10-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 FTR ops 24-04-1943 USAAF 31-08-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES139
s/n ES139
Castle Bromwich
ES 139
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-12-1942 76MU 17-12-1942 SS362 03-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 154S 27-01-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Middle East Shot down by flak nr Benevento 30-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES140
s/n ES140
Castle Bromwich
ES 140
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 16-11-1942 222MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 24-03-1943 MedAAF 31-03-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES141
s/n ES141
Castle Bromwich
ES 141
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 15-11-1942 82MU 02-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 31-03-1943 Hit by ER893 while parked Palata 24-10-1943 [NAfrica 30-11-1943 SOC 29-02-1944 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES142
s/n ES142
Castle Bromwich
ES 142
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 08-11-1942 76MU 29-11-1942 Empire Tide 03-02-1943 Gibraltar 16-02-1943 NWAfrica 31-03-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 SOC 30-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES143
s/n ES143
Castle Bromwich
ES 143
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 08-11-1942 82MU 28-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 NWAfrica CB ops 17-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES144
s/n ES144
Castle Bromwich
ES 144
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 16-11-1942 215MU 22-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 22-02-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES145
s/n ES145
Castle Bromwich
ES 145
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-11-1942 222MU 08-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES146
s/n ES146
Castle Bromwich
ES 146
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-11-1942 82MU 05-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Shot down by Bf109s in Bay of Tunis 11-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES147
s/n ES147
Castle Bromwich
ES 147
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 16-11-1942 222MU 11-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 FTR ops 12-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES148
s/n ES148
Castle Bromwich
ES 148
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 09-12-1942 82MU 20-12-1942 Inchanga 11-01-1943 Takoradi 07-02-1943 Middle East 08-03-1943 Sicily 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 SOC 30-08-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES149
s/n ES149
Castle Bromwich
ES 149
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES150
s/n ES150
Castle Bromwich
ES 150
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 20-11-1942 222MU 02-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 21-02-1943 Sicily 01-08-1943 FAC3 21-06-1944 Hit by ER569 on runway Ismailia 17-01-1945 SOC 22-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES151
s/n ES151
Castle Bromwich
ES 151
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 13-11-1942 222MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES152
s/n ES152
Castle Bromwich
ES 152
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 13-11-1942 76MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES153
s/n ES153
Castle Bromwich
ES 153
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 13-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES154
s/n ES154
Castle Bromwich
ES 154
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 13-11-1942 222MU 20-11-1942 Guinean 30-11-1942 Takoradi 28-12-1942 Middle East 31-01-1943 NAfricanASC 30-10-1943 225S Hit by flak and abandoned nr Toulon 20-08-1944 SOC 31-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES168
s/n ES168
Castle Bromwich
ES 168
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 13-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES169
s/n ES169
Castle Bromwich
ES 169
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 17-11-1942 76MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES170
s/n ES170
Castle Bromwich
ES 170
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 13-11-1942 222MU 10-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar NWAfrica 154S 12-01-1943 Missing nr Beja 20-04-1943 Flight Sergeant RO Sandell missing
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES171
s/n ES171
Castle Bromwich
ES 171
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 13-11-1942 15MU 22-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES172
s/n ES172
Castle Bromwich
ES 172
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 10-11-1942 76MU 26-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 31-03-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NAfricanASC 31-01-1944 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES173
s/n ES173
Castle Bromwich
ES 173
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 17-11-1942 222MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 18-07-1943 Swung on landing and tipped up Fayid 16-07-1945 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES174
s/n ES174
Castle Bromwich
ES 174
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 13-11-1942 215MU 22-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES175
s/n ES175
Castle Bromwich
ES 175
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 13-11-1942 82MU 28-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 14-02-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES176
s/n ES176
Castle Bromwich
ES 176
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-12-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 20-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES177
s/n ES177
Castle Bromwich
ES 177
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 19-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 Hamble VI 29-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 USAAF 31-07-1943 Dived into ground on range 35m SE of Setif FAC3 26-10-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES178
s/n ES178
Castle Bromwich
ES 178
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 10-01-1943 FAAC 24-01-1943 222MU 26-01-1943 ros SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES179
s/n ES179
Castle Bromwich
ES 179
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 20-11-1942 222MU 07-12-1942 Hamble VII 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 241S Missing from tactical recce 02-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES180
s/n ES180
Castle Bromwich
ES 180
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 25-11-1942 215MU 02-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 111S Missing presumed shot down by Fw190s nr Bizerte 22-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES181
s/n ES181
Castle Bromwich
ES 181
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 25-11-1942 222MU 08-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Overshot landing at Setif FAC3 11-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES182
s/n ES182
Castle Bromwich
ES 182
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 22-12-1942 222MU 09-01-1943 Merchant Prince 18-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 USAAF 12-03-1943 lost at Malta 30-06-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES183
s/n ES183
Castle Bromwich
ES 183
Merlin 46
Known Units: ;43
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 31-12-1942 82MU 11-01-1943 43S EAfrica 43S Missing from Interception 02-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES184
s/n ES184
Castle Bromwich
ES 184
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-12-1942 222MU 08-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial ES185
s/n ES185
Castle Bromwich
ES 185
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
VA Cv IX M63 39MU 11-06-1943 52MU 21-06-1943 La Pampa 02-07-1943 Casablanca 14-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 31-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES186
s/n ES186
Castle Bromwich
ES 186
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 82MU 13-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 CA ops 09-02-1943 1676Flt Gibraltar 29-04-1943 NAfrica 29-09-1943 USAAF 31-10-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES187
s/n ES187
Castle Bromwich
ES 187
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
MU 04-12-1942 ? 154S 'C' no record
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial ES188
s/n ES188
Castle Bromwich
ES 188
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 21-01-1943 47MU 30-01-1943 Fort Senneville 13-02-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 08-05-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Swung on landing and u/c collapsed Ramat David 28-11-1945 SOC 21-01-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES189
s/n ES189
Castle Bromwich
ES 189
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES190
s/n ES190
Castle Bromwich
ES 190
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 20-12-1942 82MU 14-01-1943 Merchant Prince 18-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 318S 208S SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES191
s/n ES191
Castle Bromwich
ES 191
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS632 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 154S 'HT-T' 1MECCU 10SAAF 94S Middle East 20-02-1944 SOC 30-11-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES192
s/n ES192
Castle Bromwich
ES 192
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-12-1942 222MU 08-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East 26-04-1945 SOC 28-02-1946 to Armee de l'Air
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES193
s/n ES193
Castle Bromwich
ES 193
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 215MU 07-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Hit truck on landing Wadi Ahmed 25-07-1943 SOC 21-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES194
s/n ES194
Castle Bromwich
ES 194
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 215MU 03-01-1943 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES195
s/n ES195
Castle Bromwich
ES 195
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 20-12-1942 215MU 31-12-1942 Skeldergate 10-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Armee de l'Air 31-10-1943 USAAF 31-05-1944 Middle East 30-11-1944 Collided with ER848 in formation crashlanded 6m NE of Petah Tiqva 03-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES196
s/n ES196
Castle Bromwich
ES 196
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 21-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 31-03-1943 80S 238S 274S 318S
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES197
s/n ES197
Castle Bromwich
ES 197
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-11-1942 FACB 23-11-1942 Westland 47MU 06-06-1943 Takoradi 16-07-1943 Middle East 23-08-1943 451S 352S Swung on landing Vis 19-08-1944 SOC 31-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES198
s/n ES198
Castle Bromwich
ES 198
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 15-11-1942 215MU 30-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 22-04-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 FAC3 31-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES199
s/n ES199
Castle Bromwich
ES 199
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-11-1942 82MU 01-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 20-02-1943 Engine cut abandoned over sea 30m NE of El Gamil 13-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES200
s/n ES200
Castle Bromwich
ES 200
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-11-1942 76MU 24-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 16-02-1943 Collided with LZ877 taxying at Ismailia 26-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES201
s/n ES201
Castle Bromwich
ES 201
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-11-1942 82MU 21-11-1942 Amstelkerk 29-11-1942 Takoradi Middle East 01-08-1943 Sicily NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES202
s/n ES202
Castle Bromwich
ES 202
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
CRD VA 15-11-1942 39MU 22-08-1943 Empire Grebe 15-09-1943 Casablanca 29-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 1SAAF FTR ops 13-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES203
s/n ES203
Castle Bromwich
ES 203
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 13-11-1942 222MU 20-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 14-02-1943 SOC 01-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES204
s/n ES204
Castle Bromwich
ES 204
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 13-11-1942 215MU 22-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 22-02-1943 Crashed in forced landing 10m ESE of Castelrosso C3 28-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES205
s/n ES205
Castle Bromwich
ES 205
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 16-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES206
s/n ES206
Castle Bromwich
ES 206
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 15-11-1942 215MU 23-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 20-02-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 SOC 08-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES207
s/n ES207
Castle Bromwich
ES 207
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 16-11-1942 222MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 15-03-1945 SOC 20-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES208
s/n ES208
Castle Bromwich
ES 208
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 15-11-1942 215MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES209
s/n ES209
Castle Bromwich
ES 209
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 20-11-1942 222MU 28-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 18-02-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES210
s/n ES210
Castle Bromwich
ES 210
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 13-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES211
s/n ES211
Castle Bromwich
ES 211
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 16-11-1942 76MU 30-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 20-02-1943 1SAAF u/c did not lock down collapsed on landing Ballah 29-06-1945 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES212
s/n ES212
Castle Bromwich
ES 212
Merlin 46
Known Units: ;92
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-11-1942 82MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 25-02-1943 92S Shot down by Bf109 nr Mareth 27-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES213
s/n ES213
Castle Bromwich
ES 213
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-11-1942 82MU 22-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES214
s/n ES214
Castle Bromwich
ES 214
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 21-11-1942 222MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 18-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 09-02-1943 145S Engine cut ditched off Sicily 25-03-1943 SOC 10-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES227
s/n ES227
Castle Bromwich
ES 227
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 16-11-1942 222MU 06-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East 21-06-1945 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES228
s/n ES228
Castle Bromwich
ES 228
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 20-11-1942 215MU 07-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica SOC 30-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES229
s/n ES229
Castle Bromwich
ES 229
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 18-11-1942 222MU 05-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 93S C3 ops 16-03-1943 bboc 21-04-1945 Armee de l'Air 14-03-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES230
s/n ES230
Castle Bromwich
ES 230
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 09-12-1942 222MU 21-12-1942 SS625 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES231
s/n ES231
Castle Bromwich
ES 231
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 20-11-1942 222MU 03-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 09-03-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 Trg del France 06-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES232
s/n ES232
Castle Bromwich
ES 232
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 28-11-1942 215MU 06-12-1942 Empire Strength 11-01-1943 Australia 11-04-1943 RAAF as A58-165 79S 'UP-L' auth for write off 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES233
s/n ES233
Castle Bromwich
ES 233
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 20-11-1942 222MU 05-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 21-02-1943 229S 185S 318S SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES234
s/n ES234
Castle Bromwich
ES 234
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-11-1942 82MU 22-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES235
s/n ES235
Castle Bromwich
ES 235
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-11-1942 222MU 29-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 14-02-1943 Dived into ground 10m S of Abu Sueir FACB 09-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES236
s/n ES236
Castle Bromwich
ES 236
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 21-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES237
s/n ES237
Castle Bromwich
ES 237
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 16-11-1942 82MU 01-12-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 20-02-1943 SOC 10-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES238
s/n ES238
Castle Bromwich
ES 238
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 29-11-1942 215MU 07-12-1942 Port Dunedin 19-12-1942 Australia 28-02-1943 RAAF as A58-166 79S 'UP-R' rtp 10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES239
s/n ES239
Castle Bromwich
ES 239
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-11-1942 82MU 13-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES240
s/n ES240
Castle Bromwich
ES 240
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 25-11-1942 222MU 30-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 26-03-1943 Ran into tar barrels on take-off Benina C3 02-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES241
s/n ES241
Castle Bromwich
ES 241
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VI 18-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES242
s/n ES242
Castle Bromwich
ES 242
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-11-1942 76MU 26-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 10-07-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES243
s/n ES243
Castle Bromwich
ES 243
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-12-1942 FAAC 20-12-1942 ros Middle East 33-03-1943 Turkey 29-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES244
s/n ES244
Castle Bromwich
ES 244
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 29-11-1942 82MU 23-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica USAAF 31-07-1943 103MU SOC 12-03-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES245
s/n ES245
Castle Bromwich
ES 245
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-11-1942 222MU 07-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 31-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES246
s/n ES246
Castle Bromwich
ES 246
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 28-11-1942 82MU 11-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Middle East 25-02-1945 SOC 27-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES247
s/n ES247
Castle Bromwich
ES 247
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-11-1942 76MU 20-11-1942 Zarian 05-12-1942 sunk by U-boat 28-12-1942 (convoy ONS154)
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES248
s/n ES248
Castle Bromwich
ES 248
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 21-11-1942 215MU 12-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 25-02-1945 SOC 14-03-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES249
s/n ES249
Castle Bromwich
ES 249
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 28-11-1942 215MU 07-12-1942 Port Dunedin 19-12-1942 Australia 28-02-1943 RAAF as A58-167 79S 'UP-N' Flat tyre u/c collapsed Mamote 06-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES250
s/n ES250
Castle Bromwich
ES 250
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 20-11-1942 215MU 25-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 14-02-1943 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES251
s/n ES251
Castle Bromwich
ES 251
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-11-1942 82MU 23-11-1942 Empire Clive 11-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 15-02-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily Turkey 22-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES252
s/n ES252
Castle Bromwich
ES 252
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 20-11-1942 222MU 28-11-1942 Empire Clive 14-12-1942 Takoradi 23-01-1943 Middle East 16-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES253
s/n ES253
Castle Bromwich
ES 253
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 21-11-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 EAfrica Collided with ES368 on landing La Senia C3 05-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES254
s/n ES254
Castle Bromwich
ES 254
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 28-11-1942 222MU 07-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 CE ops 11-09-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES255
s/n ES255
Castle Bromwich
ES 255
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 152S C3 ops 19-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES256
s/n ES256
Castle Bromwich
ES 256
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 76MU 20-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 ASTE CE 11-04-1943 Casablanca 27-09-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES257
s/n ES257
Castle Bromwich
ES 257
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 21-11-1942 215MU 08-03-1943 SS672 25-03-1943 Gibraltar 12-04-1943 Malta 01-05-1943 NWAfricanAF 21-06-1945 to ItalianAF 27-06-1945 as MM4013
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES258
s/n ES258
Castle Bromwich
ES 258
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES259
s/n ES259
Castle Bromwich
ES 259
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 28-11-1942 215MU 05-12-1942 Port Dunedin 19-12-1942 Australia 28-02-1943 RAAF as A58-168 Sold 07-1950
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES260
s/n ES260
Castle Bromwich
ES 260
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 7FPP downwind approach banked steeply stalled crashed CE Dyce 11-12-1942
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES261
s/n ES261
Castle Bromwich
ES 261
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 Bluff VI 16-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica SOC 31-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES262
s/n ES262
Castle Bromwich
ES 262
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 28-11-1942 222MU 05-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 154S Malta 01-10-1943 Collided with EE809 and crashed 15m SE of Mersa Matruh FAC3 30-05-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES263
s/n ES263
Castle Bromwich
ES 263
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 11-12-1942 82MU 28-12-1942 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES264
s/n ES264
Castle Bromwich
ES 264
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 76MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 229S USAAF NWAfrica 01-10-1943 352S Crashed in forced landing nr Cairo while lost FAC3 20-07-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES276
s/n ES276
Castle Bromwich
ES 276
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 25-11-1942 222MU 07-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 USAAF 31-10-1943 Middle East 31-01-1945 SOC 09-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES277
s/n ES277
Castle Bromwich
ES 277
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 222MU 15-12-1942 Empire Tower 23-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica SOC 30-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES278
s/n ES278
Castle Bromwich
ES 278
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 ros 215MU 21-01-1943 Wellington Court 18-02-1943 Gibraltar 07-03-1943 NWAfrica 31-03-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES279
s/n ES279
Castle Bromwich
ES 279
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 09-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 73OTU Fayid Egypt 1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES280
s/n ES280
Castle Bromwich
ES 280
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 Hamble VI 18-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES281
s/n ES281
Castle Bromwich
ES 281
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 09-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 31-03-1943 Sicily 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 FACE 24-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES282
s/n ES282
Castle Bromwich
ES 282
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 93S Damaged by fighters and abandoned over Catania 13-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES283
s/n ES283
Castle Bromwich
ES 283
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 28-11-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES284
s/n ES284
Castle Bromwich
ES 284
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 28-11-1942 222MU 07-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 USAAF Middle East 31-01-1945 REAF 29-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES285
s/n ES285
Castle Bromwich
ES 285
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 24-01-1943 222MU 04-02-1943 SS657 19-02-1943 Gibraltar 09-03-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 Armee de l'Air 28-02-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES286
s/n ES286
Castle Bromwich
ES 286
Merlin 46
Known Units: ;80
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 215MU 23-12-1942 Inchanga 11-01-1943 Takoradi 07-02-1943 Middle East 01-06-1943 Damaged by flak and forcelanded nr Aquila 02-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05
Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES287
s/n ES287
Castle Bromwich
ES 287
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-11-1942 82MU 13-12-1942 FAAC 08-12-1942 ? SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Flew into ground attacking MT nr Fier Albania 10-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES288
s/n ES288
Castle Bromwich
ES 288
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 GAL 18-12-1942 82MU 24-01-1943 SSLS230 09-02-1943 Takoradi 28-03-1943 Middle East 28-04-1943 Malta SOC 21-05-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES289
s/n ES289
Castle Bromwich
ES 289
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 222MU 18-12-1942 Empire Tower 23-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 NAfrica 31-10-1943 C3 ops 22-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES290
s/n ES290
Castle Bromwich
ES 290
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 222MU 18-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Middle East 31-01-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES291
s/n ES291
Castle Bromwich
ES 291
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
R-RH Cv IX M63 332S 16-02-1943 Escort B-24s to Haamstede Engaged by Fw190s 05-04-1943 Flight Sergeant S N Larssen killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES292
s/n ES292
Castle Bromwich
ES 292
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 76MU 21-12-1942 SS652 03-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Middle East 01-10-1943 Hit by flak and abandoned nr Pescara 23-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES293
s/n ES293
Castle Bromwich
ES 293
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 09-12-1942 82MU 20-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica FACE 31-07-1943 Middle East 15-03-1945 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES294
s/n ES294
Castle Bromwich
ES 294
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 29-11-1942 222MU 05-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily SOC 08-03-1944 bboc 21-06-1945 Armee de l'Air 10-06-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES295
s/n ES295
Castle Bromwich
ES 295
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 82MU 09-01-1943 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 28-04-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Turkey 29-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES296
s/n ES296
Castle Bromwich
ES 296
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 29-11-1942 82MU 13-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 USAAF 31-12-1943 SOC 27-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES297
s/n ES297
Castle Bromwich
ES 297
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 10-12-1942 76MU 23-12-1942 SS652 03-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 USAAF 31-10-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES298
s/n ES298
Castle Bromwich
ES 298
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 15-12-1942 222MU 21-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 225S Destroyed in air raid Souk-el-Arba 03-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES299
s/n ES299
Castle Bromwich
ES 299
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 09-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 249S FTR ops Yugoslavia 23-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES300
s/n ES300
Castle Bromwich
ES 300
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 09-12-1942 222MU 20-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Middle East 30-11-1944 Turkey 28-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vb serial ES301
s/n ES301
Castle Bromwich
ES 301
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 22-11-1942 82MU 22-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES302
s/n ES302
Castle Bromwich
ES 302
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 222MU 09-12-1942 Empire Tower 23-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 152S Shot down by flak nr Sedjenane 20-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES303
s/n ES303
Castle Bromwich
ES 303
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 29-11-1942 76MU 29-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 06-05-1943 NWAfricanAF 30-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944 [Swung on landing and tipped up Fayid 08-01-1945 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES304
s/n ES304
Castle Bromwich
ES 304
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 29-11-1942 222MU 05-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 152S Hit by flak and abandoned over Gulf of Tunis 02-05-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES305
s/n ES305
Castle Bromwich
ES 305
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 28-11-1942 82MU 06-12-1942 SS647 19-12-1942 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Middle East 30-11-1944 Turkey 28-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES306
s/n ES306
Castle Bromwich
ES 306
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 09-12-1942 82MU 20-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Malta 01-10-1943 MedAAF Hit by flak and crashlanded 1m W of Rozge 16-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES307
s/n ES307
Castle Bromwich
ES 307
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 29-11-1942 215MU 06-12-1942 Empire Strength 11-01-1943 Australia 11-04-1943 RAAF as A58-169 79S 'UP-X (overscore)' auth for write off 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES308
s/n ES308
Castle Bromwich
ES 308
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 20-12-1942 222MU 31-12-1942 Merchant Prince 18-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 RGS aircraft pool FAC3 10-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES309
s/n ES309
Castle Bromwich
ES 309
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 11-12-1942 82MU 28-12-1942 Skeldergate 10-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial ES310
s/n ES310
Castle Bromwich
ES 310
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 21-01-1943 215MU 05-02-1943 FAAC 03-03-1943 Liberian 05-05-1943 Takoradi 29-05-1943 Engine lost power on approach overshot and overturned Adre FAC3 22-06-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES311
s/n ES311
Castle Bromwich
ES 311
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 FACB 09-12-1942 CRU 47MU 08-04-1943 Empire Barrie 02-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-10-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES312
s/n ES312
Castle Bromwich
ES 312
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 47MU 29-12-1942 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES313
s/n ES313
Castle Bromwich
ES 313
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 215MU 29-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 11-04-1943 Malta 03-06-1943 Abandoned after engine cut 5m N of St.Julian's Bay Malta [1-06-1943 ] FH69.40
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES314
s/n ES314
Castle Bromwich
ES 314
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 06-12-1942 82MU 14-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Swung on landing and nosed over Setif 05-04-1943 SOC 31-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES315
s/n ES315
Castle Bromwich
ES 315
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 04-12-1942 82MU 17-12-1942 Inchanga 11-01-1943 Takoradi 07-02-1943 Middle East 09-03-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Sicily Middle East 15-02-1945 SOC 27-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES316
s/n ES316
Castle Bromwich
ES 316
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 29-11-1942 222MU 12-12-1942 Hamble VI 20-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES317
s/n ES317
Castle Bromwich
ES 317
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 76MU 17-12-1942 SS117 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES318
s/n ES318
Castle Bromwich
ES 318
Merlin 46
Known Units: ;274
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 FACB 21-12-1942 AST 76MU 21-02-1943 Fort La Maune 12-03-1943 Takoradi 20-04-1943 Middle East 27-05-1943 274S 'C' Lost oil pressure and crashed nr Marsiano 14-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES335
s/n ES335
Castle Bromwich
ES 335
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 09-12-1942 82MU 01-01-1943 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 21-04-1943 SOC 30-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES336
s/n ES336
Castle Bromwich
ES 336
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
MU 09-12-1942 ? Middle East 21-02-1943 FAC3 28-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES337
s/n ES337
Castle Bromwich
ES 337
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 09-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica SOC 31-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES338
s/n ES338
Castle Bromwich
ES 338
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 222MU 18-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES339
s/n ES339
Castle Bromwich
ES 339
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 FTR ops 06-04-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES340
s/n ES340
Castle Bromwich
ES 340
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-12-1942 222MU 18-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 12/31USAAF lost over Sicily 11-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES341
s/n ES341
Castle Bromwich
ES 341
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 222MU 29-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 27-04-1943 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES342
s/n ES342
Castle Bromwich
ES 342
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 215MU 06-01-1943 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 01-10-1943 73S Hit by flak and abandoned nr Banjaluka 27-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES343
s/n ES343
Castle Bromwich
ES 343
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 09-12-1942 82MU 14-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 C3 ops 08-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES344
s/n ES344
Castle Bromwich
ES 344
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 09-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES345
s/n ES345
Castle Bromwich
ES 345
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 76MU 24-12-1942 SS652 03-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 FAC2 18-01-1943 243S Malta 01-11-1943 229SNAfrica 01-01-1944 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES346
s/n ES346
Castle Bromwich
ES 346
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 29-11-1942 222MU 21-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 EAfrica Stopped on runway and hit by JG741 La Senia FAC3 06-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES347
s/n ES347
Castle Bromwich
ES 347
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 222MU 20-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 C3 ops 24-04-1943 [SOC 19-07-1945 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES348
s/n ES348
Castle Bromwich
ES 348
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 04-12-1942 82MU 10-12-1942 Empire Tower 23-12-1942 Gibraltar 13-01-1943 1676Flt 29-04-1943 Middle East 31-01-1945 Turkey 22-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES349
s/n ES349
Castle Bromwich
ES 349
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 222MU 31-12-1942 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES350
s/n ES350
Castle Bromwich
ES 350
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 10-12-1942 82MU 23-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES351
s/n ES351
Castle Bromwich
ES 351
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-12-1942 82MU 17-12-1942 Bluff VII 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Stalled on landing and u/c collapsed Setif FAC3 28-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES352
s/n ES352
Castle Bromwich
ES 352
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 222MU 29-12-1942 Empire Haven 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily 43S 'FT-Y' NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES353
s/n ES353
Castle Bromwich
ES 353
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 09-12-1942 76MU 15-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica SOC 31-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES354
s/n ES354
Castle Bromwich
ES 354
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 06-12-1942 76MU 11-12-1942 Hamble VII 30-12-1942 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES355
s/n ES355
Castle Bromwich
ES 355
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 09-12-1942 82MU 12-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 Ditched 15m S of Sicily 18-06-1943 FH95.45
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES356
s/n ES356
Castle Bromwich
ES 356
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 Bluff VII 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Collided with ER850 and crashed 3m E of Beja 01-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES357
s/n ES357
Castle Bromwich
ES 357
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 06-12-1942 76MU 23-12-1942 Bluff VII 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 Malta 01-06-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES358
s/n ES358
Castle Bromwich
ES 358
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 20-12-1942 82MU 30-12-1942 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 18-04-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 CE 12-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES359
s/n ES359
Castle Bromwich
ES 359
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
HCR GPO 6MU 20-12-1942 222MU 08-01-1943 Atlantic City 20-01-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 20-03-1943 Turkey 29-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES360
s/n ES360
Castle Bromwich
ES 360
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 15-12-1942 76MU 21-12-1942 Bluff VII 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 4USAAF takeoff accident Youks les Bains Algeria 24-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES361
s/n ES361
Castle Bromwich
ES 361
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 11-12-1942 82MU 28-12-1942 Skeldergate 10-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 225S Spun into ground while practicing evasion tactics Souk-el-Arba FAC3 21-03-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES362
s/n ES362
Castle Bromwich
ES 362
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 11-12-1942 222MU 31-12-1942 SS653 19-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 USAAF NAfrica 30-11-1943 32S SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES363
s/n ES363
Castle Bromwich
ES 363
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 09-12-1942 215MU 26-12-1942 SS652 02-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 NWAfrica USAAF 31-07-1943 Middle East 31-01-1945 eng fire aircraft abandoned CE 15-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES364
s/n ES364
Castle Bromwich
ES 364
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 10-12-1942 222MU 27-12-1942 Skeldergate 10-01-1943 Gibraltar 06-02-1943 NWAfrica 28-02-1943 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES365
s/n ES365
Castle Bromwich
ES 365
Merlin 46
Known Units:
Walker:
Used by No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF in the Middle East c.1942/43. Crashed on 10 August 1943 at Lentini East in Sicily after engine failure on take off. Apparently not repaired.
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6MU 15-12-1942 82MU 13-01-1943 Nairnbank 10-02-1943 Takoradi 11-03-1943 Middle East 21-04-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily Middle East 417S Engine cut on take-off Lentini East C2 10-08-1943 SOC 08-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES366
s/n ES366
Castle Bromwich
ES 366
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 10-12-1942 82MU 23-12-1942 Bluff VII 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES367
s/n ES367
Castle Bromwich
ES 367
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 14-12-1942 215MU 22-12-1942 Australia Star 27-01-1943 Australia 11-03-1943 RAAF as A58-170 rtp 10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES368
s/n ES368
Castle Bromwich
ES 368
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 20-12-1942 76MU 28-12-1942 SS117 04-01-1943 Gibraltar 18-01-1943 EAfrica Collided with ES253 on landing La Senia CE 05-02-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial ES369
s/n ES369
Castle Bromwich
ES 369
Merlin 46
Known Units:
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46MU 10-12-1942 76MU 18-12-1942 ros SS682 12-04-1943 Casablanca 25-04-1943 118MU Malta 31-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05