Spitfire (Total: 20,815, Canadian: 153, Group 153)
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
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RCAF Supermarine Spitfire Serials - Kestrel PublicationsSpitfire Mk Vc serial LZ807
s/n LZ807
Castle Bromwich
LZ 807
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-03-1943 82MU 05-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Sicily NAfrica 30-11-1943 Failed to become airborne and u/c raised to stop Brindisi 05-03-1945 SOC 30-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ808
s/n LZ808
Castle Bromwich
LZ 808
Merlin 50
Known Units: ;229
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-03-1943 215MU 05-04-1943 SS687 29-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 229S Missing pres shot down by Bf110s nr Mount Etna 19-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05
Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ809
s/n LZ809
Castle Bromwich
LZ 809
Merlin 45
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-04-1943 82MU 11-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NAfrica 01-10-1943 USAAF 31-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ810
s/n LZ810
Castle Bromwich
LZ 810
Merlin 46
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-03-1943 215MU 05-04-1943 Empire Barrie 02-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ811
s/n LZ811
Castle Bromwich
LZ 811
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-04-1943 82MU 11-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 73S 253S Swung on landing and overturned Biferno 17-10-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ812
s/n LZ812
Castle Bromwich
LZ 812
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 28-03-1943 82MU 11-04-1943 Empire Barrie 02-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Middle East 01-07-1943 C3 ops 04-08-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 118MU Malta 31-01-1944 SOC 01-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ813
s/n LZ813
Castle Bromwich
LZ 813
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 28-03-1943 82MU 06-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 32S 154S SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ814
s/n LZ814
Castle Bromwich
LZ 814
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-04-1943 82MU 14-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Middle East Ran into JL166 on landing and u/c collapsed Tafaraoui FAC3 07-06-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ815
s/n LZ815
Castle Bromwich
LZ 815
Merlin 45
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-04-1943 82MU 14-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 32S Middle East 15-03-1945 SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk IX serial LZ816
s/n LZ816
Castle Bromwich
LZ 816
Merlin 66
Known Units: ;402
Walker:
With No. 402 (F) Squadron, RCAF when it dove into the sea off Selsey, Sussex on 19 July 1944, apparently out of control. Pilot Officer F.D. Miles killed.
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39MU 03-11-1943 405ARF 12-11-1943 AST 13-01-1944 56S 10-06-1944 402S Dived into sea out of cloud out of control off Selsey Sussex 19-07-1944 Pilot Officer F D Miles killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ817
s/n LZ817
Castle Bromwich
LZ 817
Merlin 45
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-04-1943 82MU 13-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 229S 'X-D' 87S FTR ops 15-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ818
s/n LZ818
Castle Bromwich
LZ 818
Merlin 45
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 04-04-1943 82MU 15-04-1943 SS686 24-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 NFT
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ819
s/n LZ819
Castle Bromwich
LZ 819
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 05-04-1943 82MU 14-04-1943 SS687 29-04-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 249S Engine cut overshot forced landing hit wall and overturned Qrendi 15-08-1943 SOC 02-10-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ820
s/n LZ820
Castle Bromwich
LZ 820
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 05-04-1943 82MU 15-04-1943 Empire Barrie 02-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 12/52USAAF wheels up landing Borgataro Italy 19-12-1943 SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ821
s/n LZ821
Castle Bromwich
LZ 821
Merlin 50
Known Units:
Walker:
With No. 417 (F) Squadron, RCAF when it struck runway markers on landing at Pachino, Italy on 15 September 1943.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 07-04-1943 82MU 18-04-1943 Empire Barrie 02-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 417S Hit runway markers on landing Pachino FACB 15-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ822
s/n LZ822
Castle Bromwich
LZ 822
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 11-04-1943 47MU 21-04-1943 Liberian 05-05-1943 Takoradi 29-05-1943 Middle East 13-06-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 18-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ823
s/n LZ823
Castle Bromwich
LZ 823
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 11-04-1943 47MU 18-04-1943 Liberian 05-05-1943 Takoradi 29-05-1943 Middle East 02-07-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 [SOC 29-02-1944 ] Crashed on landing Kala-Aki 19-10-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ824
s/n LZ824
Castle Bromwich
LZ 824
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 11-04-1943 47MU 18-04-1943 Liberian 05-05-1943 Takoradi 29-05-1943 Middle East 23-06-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 FAC3 02-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ825
s/n LZ825
Castle Bromwich
LZ 825
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 11-04-1943 47MU 21-04-1943 Liberian 05-05-1943 Takoradi 29-05-1943 Middle East 19-06-1943 NWAfricanAF 31-10-1943 118MU Malta 31-01-1944 SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ826
s/n LZ826
Castle Bromwich
LZ 826
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 14-04-1943 82MU 11-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 118MU Malta 31-01-1944 SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ827
s/n LZ827
Castle Bromwich
LZ 827
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 04-04-1943 82MU 20-04-1943 Fort Thompson 03-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Middle East 28-04-1945 SOC 27-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ828
s/n LZ828
Castle Bromwich
LZ 828
Merlin 45
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-08-1943 215MU 27-08-1943 Cardinal Gibbons 03-09-1943 Casablanca 20-09-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 Middle East 21-06-1945 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ829
s/n LZ829
Castle Bromwich
LZ 829
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 16-04-1943 222MU 29-04-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 118MU Malta 31-01-1944 Turkey 30-11-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ830
s/n LZ830
Castle Bromwich
LZ 830
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 17-04-1943 222MU 30-04-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 SOC 01-01-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ831
s/n LZ831
Castle Bromwich
LZ 831
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-04-1943 82MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 241S 93S Ran out of fuel and crashlanded nr Mondragone 19-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ832
s/n LZ832
Castle Bromwich
LZ 832
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 16-04-1943 76MU 22-04-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NAfrica 01-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944 bboc ASTE 10-08-1945 39MU 30-09-1945 Clan Chattan 28-04-1948 SAAF 11-05-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ833
s/n LZ833
Castle Bromwich
LZ 833
Merlin 61
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 14-04-1943 47MU 02-05-1943 Fort Thompson 03-05-1943 Casablanca 17-05-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 111S 'JU-X' 93S SOC 28-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ834
s/n LZ834
Castle Bromwich
LZ 834
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 29-04-1943 215MU 04-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-211 RAN 09-1948 destroyed on fire dump
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ835
s/n LZ835
Castle Bromwich
LZ 835
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 25-04-1943 215MU 19-05-1943 Tongariro 16-06-1943 Australia 18-08-1943 RAAF as A58-212 79S 'UP-O' auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ836
s/n LZ836
Castle Bromwich
LZ 836
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 24-04-1943 82MU 18-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Middle East 31-05-1945 SOC 30-01-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ837
s/n LZ837
Castle Bromwich
LZ 837
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 14-04-1943 222MU 02-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 243S 111S 'JU-Y' 93S Caught fire and crashed in sea 28-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ838
s/n LZ838
Castle Bromwich
LZ 838
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 15-04-1943 47MU 04-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 1435S 'V-B' Italy 01-11-1943 MedAAF C3 ops 23-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ839
s/n LZ839
Castle Bromwich
LZ 839
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 29-04-1943 331S 'FN-V' 07-05-1943 FAAC 18-11-1943 ros 229S 25-09-1944 310S 17-06-1945 RHAF 31-03-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ840
s/n LZ840
Castle Bromwich
LZ 840
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 15-04-1943 82MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Engine cut crashlanded in Sicily 11-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ841
s/n LZ841
Castle Bromwich
LZ 841
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 15-04-1943 47MU 04-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 218Grp NAfrica 30-11-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 u/c collapsed on landing Innsbruck Austria CE 25-04-1946 SOC 09-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ842
s/n LZ842
c/n CBAF 5056
Castle Bromwich
LZ 842
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-04-1943 82MU 29-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta Sicily SAAF 24-04-1948 FA 27-04-1950
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ843
s/n LZ843
Castle Bromwich
LZ 843
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-04-1943 76MU 24-04-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica Blackbushe FFAF sold Turkey 11-07-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ844
s/n LZ844
Castle Bromwich
LZ 844
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 20-04-1943 47MU 26-04-1943 Kent 15-05-1943 Australia 03-07-1943 RAAF (as A58-213) 79S 'UP-X' SOC 03-1944 [Frame no. HAI/6S.370240]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ845
s/n LZ845
Castle Bromwich
LZ 845
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 19-04-1943 47MU 25-04-1943 Kent 15-05-1943 Australia 03-07-1943 RAAF as A58-214 Collided with A58-1963 Strauss NT 01-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ846
s/n LZ846
Castle Bromwich
LZ 846
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 23-04-1943 105OTU 02-05-1943 215MU 08-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-215 Landing collision with B-24 Darwin 01-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ847
s/n LZ847
Castle Bromwich
LZ 847
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 23-04-1943 215MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 Hit soft ground and overturned on take-off Lentini East C3 31-08-1943 [NWAfricanAF 31-10-1943 SOC 29-02-1944 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ848
s/n LZ848
Castle Bromwich
LZ 848
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 25-04-1943 215MU 04-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-216 rtp 12-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ861
s/n LZ861
Castle Bromwich
LZ 861
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-04-1943 82MU 26-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 C3 ops 03-07-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ862
s/n LZ862
Castle Bromwich
LZ 862
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 23-04-1943 215MU 29-05-1943 SSLS267/Lanarkshire 26-06-1943 Australia 08-08-1943 RAAF as A58-217 Crashed Mildura 02-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ863
s/n LZ863
Castle Bromwich
LZ 863
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 27-04-1943 215MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 12/52USAAF 31-01-1944 lost in Med 29-01-1945 ? per USAAF records
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ864
s/n LZ864
Castle Bromwich
LZ 864
Merlin 50A
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 23-04-1943 82MU 04-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 111S 'JU-H' 336S RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ865
s/n LZ865
Castle Bromwich
LZ 865
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 18-04-1943 47MU 24-04-1943 Nestor 04-05-1943 Australia 10-08-1943 RAAF as A58-218 Ground accident Laverton 06-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ866
s/n LZ866
Castle Bromwich
LZ 866
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 23-04-1943 215MU 30-04-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-219 Crashed nr Sattler NT 02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ867
s/n LZ867
Castle Bromwich
LZ 867
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 19-04-1943 47MU 22-04-1943 Nestor 04-05-1943 Australia 10-08-1943 RAAF as A58-220 Landing accident Sattler NT 05-1944 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ868
s/n LZ868
Castle Bromwich
LZ 868
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 23-04-1943 105OTU 02-05-1943 215MU 08-05-1943 SSLS617/Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-221 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ869
s/n LZ869
Castle Bromwich
LZ 869
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 27-04-1943 215MU 07-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 USAAF 31-01-1944 SOC 31-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ870
s/n LZ870
Castle Bromwich
LZ 870
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 24-04-1943 215MU 06-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-222 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ871
s/n LZ871
Castle Bromwich
LZ 871
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 27-04-1943 47MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 152S Collided with JK104 and abandoned N of Malta 07-07-1943 SOC 08-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ872
s/n LZ872
Castle Bromwich
LZ 872
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 25-04-1943 82MU 07-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ873
s/n LZ873
Castle Bromwich
LZ 873
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 20-04-1943 47MU 24-04-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-223 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ874
s/n LZ874
Castle Bromwich
LZ 874
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 01-05-1943 215MU 08-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-224 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ875
s/n LZ875
Castle Bromwich
LZ 875
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 23-04-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 249S FTR ops 04-07-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ876
s/n LZ876
Castle Bromwich
LZ 876
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 25-04-1943 82MU 07-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Armee de l'Air 31-10-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ877
s/n LZ877
Castle Bromwich
LZ 877
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 27-04-1943 47MU 08-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Middle East 01-07-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Collided with ES200 on taxiway Ismailia 26-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ878
s/n LZ878
Castle Bromwich
LZ 878
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 27-04-1943 215MU 07-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 NWAfrica 01-08-1943 SOC 18-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ879
s/n LZ879
Castle Bromwich
LZ 879
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 03-05-1943 47MU 10-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-07-1943 [NWAfrica 01-08-1943 ] Hit by JK812 while parked Comiso FAC3 24-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ880
s/n LZ880
Castle Bromwich
LZ 880
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 30-04-1943 82MU 17-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Bounced on landing and u/c leg collapsed Palata C3 16-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ881
s/n LZ881
Castle Bromwich
LZ 881
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 23-04-1943 215MU 04-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-225 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ882
s/n LZ882
Castle Bromwich
LZ 882
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 07-05-1943 47MU 19-05-1943 Penrith Castle 03-06-1943 Takoradi 27-06-1943 Middle East 24-07-1943 FAC3 13-04-1944 249S Hit whilst strafing nr Bihac 15-07-1944 crashed nr coast
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ883
s/n LZ883
Castle Bromwich
LZ 883
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 12-05-1943 215MU 18-05-1943 Tongariro 16-06-1943 Australia 18-08-1943 RAAF as A58-226 79S 'UP-Z (underscore)' Crashed into sea 07-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ884
s/n LZ884
Castle Bromwich
LZ 884
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 02-05-1943 215MU 09-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-227 Crashed nr Strauss NT 09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ885
s/n LZ885
Castle Bromwich
LZ 885
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 27-04-1943 215MU 07-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NFT
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ886
s/n LZ886
Castle Bromwich
LZ 886
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 02-05-1943 215MU 09-05-1943 Brisbane Star 18-05-1943 Australia 30-06-1943 RAAF as A58-228 auth for writeoff 05-1946 SOC 11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ887
s/n LZ887
Castle Bromwich
LZ 887
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 02-05-1943 215MU 09-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Swung on landing and overturned Canne 28-12-1944 SOC 30-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ888
s/n LZ888
Castle Bromwich
LZ 888
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 18-04-1943 82MU 27-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 USAAF 29-02-1944 MedAAF 93S CE ops 04-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ889
s/n LZ889
Castle Bromwich
LZ 889
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 18-04-1943 82MU 27-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Middle East SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ890
s/n LZ890
Castle Bromwich
LZ 890
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-04-1943 82MU 26-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 [Middle East 01-08-1943 ] Engine cut crashed in forced landing Sorman West FAC3 05-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ891
s/n LZ891
Castle Bromwich
LZ 891
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 18-04-1943 82MU 08-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 93S NFT
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ892
s/n LZ892
Castle Bromwich
LZ 892
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 18-04-1943 82MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 243S Engine cut on take-off u/c raised to stop Hal Far 11-07-1943 [Malta 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ893
s/n LZ893
Castle Bromwich
LZ 893
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-04-1943 82MU 26-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 30-11-1943 [SOC 08-03-1944 ] Swung on take-off into snowbank and overturned Nancy/Essey 29-01-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ894
s/n LZ894
Castle Bromwich
LZ 894
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-04-1943 82MU 30-04-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 08-03-1944 bboc 21-06-1945 Cv Vc 28-06-1945 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ895
s/n LZ895
Castle Bromwich
LZ 895
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 17-04-1943 82MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Sicily NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 1435S Caught fire and crashed in Yugoslavia 26-04-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ896
s/n LZ896
Castle Bromwich
LZ 896
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 21-04-1943 82MU 05-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 01-08-1943 Sicily NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 C3 ops 04-04-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ897
s/n LZ897
Castle Bromwich
LZ 897
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 25-04-1943 82MU 02-05-1943 Fort Jersey 11-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 Overturned in forced landing due to engine surging nr Souk-el-Arba 07-10-1943 [NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ898
s/n LZ898
Castle Bromwich
LZ 898
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 24-04-1943 332S 09-05-1943 Shot down by Fw190 on bomber escort 11-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ899
s/n LZ899
Castle Bromwich
LZ 899
Merlin 63
Known Units: ;403
Walker:
Delivered new to No. 421 Squadron, RCAF on 30 May 1943. To No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF on 2 June 1943, coded "KH*Z", named "McWillies Dilly". Shot down on 20 June 1943 by FW190 of JG26, came down near Lefaux, France, north-east of Etaples. Location of combat reported as near Auxi-le-Chateau. Pilot Officer F.C. McWilliams killed. Had 18:50 logged time when struck off.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
421S 30-05-1943 403S 02-06-1943 Shot down by Fw190s nr Auxi-le-Chateau 20-06-1943 FH18.50 Pilot Officer F C McWilliams killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ915
s/n LZ915
Castle Bromwich
LZ 915
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 25-04-1943 82MU 02-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 111S 72S 253S Hit by ground fire Rab Is and ditched 17-03-1945 Warrant Officer HI Pinkerton RAAF missing
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ916
s/n LZ916
Castle Bromwich
LZ 916
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
M61 46MU 28-04-1943 331S 06-05-1943 AST 27-06-1943 M63 install 3501SU 01-04-1944 229S 26-06-1944 VA 15-09-1944 mods 310S 11-12-1944 Hit by B-17 after landing Meisbroek FACE 05-01-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ917
s/n LZ917
Castle Bromwich
LZ 917
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-04-1943 331S 'FN-T' Shot down during circus to St.Omer 13-05-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ918
s/n LZ918
Castle Bromwich
LZ 918
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 25-04-1943 82MU 02-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 Armee de l'Air 30-11-1943 RAF 29-02-1944 Hit by flak and abandoned nr Figlioni 14-09-1944 SOC 23-10-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ919
s/n LZ919
Castle Bromwich
LZ 919
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 28-04-1943 332S 14-05-1943 CAC 27-07-1943 274S 'JJ-V' 20-05-1944 FLS 29-08-1944 to 5954M 2SoTT 15-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ920
s/n LZ920
Castle Bromwich
LZ 920
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-04-1943 331S 23-05-1943 AST 23-02-1944 611S 26-09-1944 312S 08-10-1944 SF Bradwell Bay 310S 22-03-1945 engine failed force-landed hit tree nr Tangmere CE 02-05-1945 SOC
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ921
s/n LZ921
Castle Bromwich
LZ 921
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 24-04-1943 331S 14-05-1943 3501SU 29-06-1944 Bellylanded at Great Massingham 21-08-1946 to 6042M 02-08-1946 NTU M61 install SOC 25-10-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ922
s/n LZ922
Castle Bromwich
LZ 922
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 27-04-1943 332S dived into sea off Clacton 22-05-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IXc serial LZ923
s/n LZ923
Castle Bromwich
LZ 923
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 28-04-1943 222MU 04-06-1943 SS707 10-06-1943 Casablanca 29-06-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 43S 111S 'JU-D' C3 ops 17-02-1944 417S Middle East 16-08-1945 107MU SOC 31-12-1947 extant as N521R California USA
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ924
s/n LZ924
Castle Bromwich
LZ 924
Merlin 63
Known Units:
Walker:
With No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF August 1943 to September 1944.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 28-04-1943 122S 06-05-1943 222S 19-05-1943 421S 24-08-1943 FLS 16-09-1944 CFE 05-03-1945 FACE dbf 05-03-1945 SOC 13-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ925
s/n LZ925
Castle Bromwich
LZ 925
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 30-04-1943 82MU 17-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 MedAAF SOC 14-03-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ926
s/n LZ926
Castle Bromwich
LZ 926
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 01-05-1943 215MU 19-05-1943 Tongariro 16-06-1943 Australia 18-08-1943 RAAF as A58-229 Force landing nr Mildura 04-1945 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ927
s/n LZ927
Castle Bromwich
LZ 927
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 01-05-1943 47MU 10-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Armee de l'Air 31-08-1943 Turkey 30-11-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ928
s/n LZ928
Castle Bromwich
LZ 928
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 30-04-1943 76MU 18-05-1943 Westland 22-05-1943 Charlton Hall 26-10-1943 Casablanca 17-11-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 Middle East 30-11-1944 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ929
s/n LZ929
Castle Bromwich
LZ 929
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 02-05-1943 76MU 28-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 [SOC 08-03-1944 ] Hit by flak and abandoned 4m W of Ceravode Albania 24-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ930
s/n LZ930
Castle Bromwich
LZ 930
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 02-05-1943 215MU 26-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 [SOC 29-02-1944 ] 80S Hit by flak attacking schooners nr Prizba and abandoned off Korcula 16-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ931
s/n LZ931
Castle Bromwich
LZ 931
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 03-05-1943 47MU 11-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Malta 01-11-1943 MedAAF C3 ops 27-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ932
s/n LZ932
Castle Bromwich
LZ 932
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 06-05-1943 215MU 17-05-1943 SS703 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 RHAF 25-04-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ933
s/n LZ933
Castle Bromwich
LZ 933
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 03-05-1943 47MU 11-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta 229S Sicily 01-08-1943 NAfrica 30-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ934
s/n LZ934
Castle Bromwich
LZ 934
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 01-05-1943 215MU 22-05-1943 SS627/Lanarkshire 26-06-1943 Australia 02-08-1943 RAAF as A58-230 Missing on ferry flight Horn Island-Port Moresby 01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ935
s/n LZ935
Castle Bromwich
LZ 935
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 02-05-1943 47MU 10-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 tipped on nose 17SP 17-06-1943 NWAfrica 30-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 Shot down by flak 6m N of Lanciano 02-04-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ936
s/n LZ936
Castle Bromwich
LZ 936
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 07-05-1943 47MU 19-05-1943 Penrith Castle 03-06-1943 Takoradi 27-06-1943 Middle East 24-07-1943 Tipped up taxying fell back and buckled fuselage Abu Sueir 20-09-1943 to 4212M
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ937
s/n LZ937
Castle Bromwich
LZ 937
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 14-05-1943 47MU 20-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 Abandoned take-off and hit by EN464 Salerno C3 13-09-1943 [NWAfricanAF 31-10-1943 ] SOC 31-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ938
s/n LZ938
Castle Bromwich
LZ 938
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 07-05-1943 215MU 18-05-1943 703S 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ939
s/n LZ939
Castle Bromwich
LZ 939
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 15-05-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 SSLS98 28-06-1943 India 23-08-1943 SEAC C3 ops 05-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ940
s/n LZ940
Castle Bromwich
LZ 940
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 16-05-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 09-08-1943 Hit barrel taxying at Bone FAC3 13-08-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ941
s/n LZ941
Castle Bromwich
LZ 941
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 11-05-1943 47MU 21-05-1943 Empire Franklin 03-06-1943 Takoradi 16-07-1943 Middle East 13-08-1943 SOC 17-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ942
s/n LZ942
Castle Bromwich
LZ 942
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 11-05-1943 47MU 21-05-1943 Empire Franklin 03-06-1943 Takoradi 16-07-1943 Middle East 13-08-1943 274S 'G'
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ943
s/n LZ943
Castle Bromwich
LZ 943
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 16-05-1943 47MU 27-05-1943 Empire Franklin 03-06-1943 Takoradi 16-07-1943 Middle East 28-08-1943 Swung on landing into soft ground and overturned Larnaca FACE 19-02-1945 SOC 22-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ944
s/n LZ944
Castle Bromwich
LZ 944
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 14-05-1943 76MU 22-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 15-03-1945 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ945
s/n LZ945
Castle Bromwich
LZ 945
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
12MU 01-05-1943 82MU 24-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 SOC 01-11-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ946
s/n LZ946
Castle Bromwich
LZ 946
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 02-05-1943 215MU 12-05-1943 Fort Steele 16-05-1943 Casablanca 30-05-1943 Malta Sicily 01-08-1943 Middle East 30-09-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ947
s/n LZ947
Castle Bromwich
LZ 947
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 28-04-1943 332S 06-05-1943 GAL 28-05-1943 82MU 20-10-1943 Montgomery City 15-11-1943 Casablanca 29-11-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 SOC 30-08-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ948
s/n LZ948
Castle Bromwich
LZ 948
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 29-04-1943 332S Missing from B-17 escort nr Amiens 13-05-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ949
s/n LZ949
Castle Bromwich
LZ 949
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 30-04-1943 222MU 01-06-1943 SS707 10-06-1943 Casablanca 29-06-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 to ItalianAF 30-05-1946 as MM4074
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ950
s/n LZ950
Castle Bromwich
LZ 950
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 30-04-1943 82MU 17-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Crashed in storm 1km SE of Kambla Cyprus 29-01-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ951
s/n LZ951
Castle Bromwich
LZ 951
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 30-04-1943 341S 13-05-1943 303S 31-07-1943 308S 16-11-1943 AST 02-02-1944 major repair 611S 13-07-1944 312S 08-10-1944 VA 29-11-1944 mods Missing on training flight 09-02-1945 SOC 22-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ952
s/n LZ952
Castle Bromwich
LZ 952
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 28-04-1943 82MU 30-05-1943 SS703 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 to ItalianAF 26-06-1947 as MM4075
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ953
s/n LZ953
Castle Bromwich
LZ 953
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 01-05-1943 82MU 22-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 29-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ954
s/n LZ954
Castle Bromwich
LZ 954
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 01-05-1943 82MU 22-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ955
s/n LZ955
Castle Bromwich
LZ 955
Merlin 63
Known Units: ;403
Walker:
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF 1943. Abandoned off Nieuport on 31 May 1943 while returing from a sweep. Sgt. G.R. Brown killed.
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 29-04-1943 403S 13-05-1943 Abandoned off Nieuport returning from sweep 31-05-1943 Flight Sergeant G R Brown killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ956
s/n LZ956
Castle Bromwich
LZ 956
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 30-04-1943 82MU 17-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 MedAAF CE ber 06-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ969
s/n LZ969
Castle Bromwich
LZ 969
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 15-05-1943 222MU 27-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 73OTU Flew into ground out of cloud 3m NW of Fayid 06-09-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ970
s/n LZ970
Castle Bromwich
LZ 970
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
15MU 07-05-1943 76MU 25-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Swung on landing and u/c collapsed Aboukir 14-05-1945 SOC 31-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ971
s/n LZ971
Castle Bromwich
LZ 971
Merlin 50
Known Units: ;607
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6MU 15-05-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 Pegu 15-06-1943 India 20-08-1943 607S Engine lost power crashed in circuit Alipore FAC3 20-11-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ972
s/n LZ972
Castle Bromwich
LZ 972
Merlin 50
Known Units:
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6MU 15-05-1943 76MU 27-05-1943 Fort Enterprise 18-07-1943 India 23-08-1943 615S Damaged by fighters and abandoned 16m E of Chiringa 23-11-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc serial LZ973
s/n LZ973
Castle Bromwich
LZ 973
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 09-05-1943 47MU 20-05-1943 Pegu 15-06-1943 India 20-08-1943 615S Missing from gunnery practice Sandwip Channel NW of Chittagong 10-11-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ974
s/n LZ974
Castle Bromwich
LZ 974
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 15-05-1943 222MU 27-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 73OTU '4'
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ975
s/n LZ975
Castle Bromwich
LZ 975
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 15-05-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 Pegu 15-06-1943 India 20-08-1943 607S SOC 31-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ976
s/n LZ976
Castle Bromwich
LZ 976
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 15-05-1943 222MU 22-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 SOC 19-07-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ977
s/n LZ977
Castle Bromwich
LZ 977
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 15-05-1943 47MU 25-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 30-07-1943 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ978
s/n LZ978
Castle Bromwich
LZ 978
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 16-05-1943 47MU 23-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ979
s/n LZ979
Castle Bromwich
LZ 979
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 21-05-1943 47MU 30-05-1943 Empire Franklin 03-06-1943 Takoradi 16-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 Turkey 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ980
s/n LZ980
Castle Bromwich
LZ 980
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 15-05-1943 82MU 30-05-1943 SS703 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 C3 ops 14-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ981
s/n LZ981
Castle Bromwich
LZ 981
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
46MU 14-05-1943 215MU 22-05-1943 SS703 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-09-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ982
s/n LZ982
Castle Bromwich
LZ 982
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 20-05-1943 47MU 01-06-1943 SS703 01-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ983
s/n LZ983
Castle Bromwich
LZ 983
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 15-05-1943 52MU 29-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 SOC 31-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ984
s/n LZ984
Castle Bromwich
LZ 984
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 16-05-1943 47MU 24-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 43S Stalled on approach Tusciano C3 16-09-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ985
s/n LZ985
Castle Bromwich
LZ 985
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 16-05-1943 82MU 27-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 10-08-1943 74S Armee de l'Air 14-02-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ986
s/n LZ986
Castle Bromwich
LZ 986
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
39MU 15-05-1943 47MU 25-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 NWAfrica u/c collapsed in heavy landing Maidaguru CE 06-08-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ987
s/n LZ987
Castle Bromwich
LZ 987
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
38MU 21-05-1943 FAAC 25-05-1943 ros 222MU 21-07-1943 Fort Rupert 25-07-1943 Casablanca 16-08-1943 NWAfrica 01-10-1943 Armee de l'Air 31-10-1943 MedAAF 21-06-1945 Trg del France 04-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk Vc (Trop) serial LZ988
s/n LZ988
Castle Bromwich
LZ 988
Merlin 50
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 18-05-1943 47MU 24-05-1943 Meerskerk 03-06-1943 Takoradi 08-07-1943 Middle East 09-08-1943 Crashed in forced landing in bad weather on navex nr Suez FAC3 12-10-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ989
s/n LZ989
Castle Bromwich
LZ 989
Merlin 61
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
316S 14-05-1943 302S 28-09-1943 FAAC 24-12-1943 AST M63 install 3501SU 29-06-1944 274S 01-08-1944 FAAC 11-08-1944 ros sold scrap R.J.Coley 09-02-1950
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ990
s/n LZ990
Castle Bromwich
LZ 990
Merlin 63
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315S 12-05-1943 Shot down by Fw190s escorting Mitchells to Caen 15-05-1943 G/C S Pawlokowski killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ991
s/n LZ991
Castle Bromwich
LZ 991
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 16-05-1943 215MU 04-06-1943 SS707 06-06-1943 Casablanca 29-06-1943 Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 SOC 08-03-1944 bboc MedAAF 21-06-1945 to ItalianAF 26-06-1947 as MM4142
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX (Trop) serial LZ992
s/n LZ992
Castle Bromwich
LZ 992
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
8MU 30-04-1943 82MU 18-05-1943 SS702 02-06-1943 Casablanca 15-06-1943 NWAfrica 01-07-1943 NAfricanASC 31-10-1943 1435S 'V-D' Hit by flak while attacking seaplanes and abandoned Kotor 08-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ993
s/n LZ993
Castle Bromwich
LZ 993
Merlin 63
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airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
315S 12-05-1943 303S 06-06-1943 Shot down by Fw190s nr Nieuport 24-06-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ994
s/n LZ994
Castle Bromwich
LZ 994
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 15-05-1943 215MU 04-06-1943 SS707 10-06-1943 Casablanca 29-06-1943 3ADU Prop hit runway on take-off bellylanded Casablanca/Cazes 04-07-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ995
s/n LZ995
Castle Bromwich
LZ 995
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
45MU 15-05-1943 215MU 04-06-1943 SS707 10-06-1943 Casablanca Middle East 01-08-1943 NWAfricanAF 01-11-1943 Hit by flak Aquino and crashlanded 14-12-1943
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ996
s/n LZ996
Castle Bromwich
LZ 996
Merlin 63
Known Units: ;421
Walker:
Used by No. 421 (F) Squadron, RCAF. Lost during Rodeo to St. Omar on 17 June 1943, shot down by Fw190s over Ypres. Squadron Leader Phillip Leslie Irving Archer, DFC killed.
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416S 12-05-1943 421S 20-05-1943 Shot down by Fw190s nr St.Omer 17-06-1943 SLdr P L I Archer DFC killed Possibly on last sortie as CO of 402(RCAF)Sqn before taking over 421Sqn 6 enemy aircraft credited
last update: 2025-February-05
Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ997
s/n LZ997
Castle Bromwich
LZ 997
Merlin 63
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Walker:
Used by No. 403 (F) Squadron, RCAF from May 1943. Lost in collision with Spitfire MA615 on 17 August 1943, near Bergues. Had 123:50 logged time when struck off.
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39MU 29-04-1943 403S 09-05-1943 Tail unit torn away in collision with MA615 nr Bergues 17-08-1943 FH123.50
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire Mk IX serial LZ998
s/n LZ998
Castle Bromwich
LZ 998
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
33MU 13-05-1943 222MU 31-05-1943 SS707 10-06-1943 Casablanca 29-06-1943 NWAfrica 31-07-1943 NFT
last update: 2025-February-05