Spitfire (Total: 20,815, Canadian: 100, Group 100)
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 PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA838
s/n PA838
c/n 4981
VA (Supermarine)
PA 838
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 27-10-1943 16S 03-11-1943 151RU 14-06-1945 49MU 28-06-1945 major repair SOC 14-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA839
s/n PA839
c/n 4982
VA (Supermarine)
PA 839
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 27-10-1943 16S 05-11-1943 FAAC 29-05-1944 HAL 400S 10-08-1944 1PP Benson 10-02-1945 4S 20-03-1945 412S 16S 09-08-1945 26S 18-10-1945 SOC 27-11-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA840
s/n PA840
c/n 4992
VA (Supermarine)
PA 840
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-10-1943 16S 05-11-1943 FACE 22-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA841
s/n PA841
c/n 4993
VA (Supermarine)
PA 841
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-10-1943 Benson 06-11-1943 14PS 7PRG USAAF 'Kisty the 1st' 05-12-1943 HAL 05-04-1945 recat E SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA842
s/n PA842
c/n 4989
VA (Supermarine)
PA 842
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-10-1943 Benson 05-11-1943 14PS 7PRG USAAF 'Hot Toddy' 23-11-1943 HAL 08-12-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA843
s/n PA843
c/n 5004
VA (Supermarine)
PA 843
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 02-11-1943 680S no record
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA844
s/n PA844
c/n 5008
VA (Supermarine)
PA 844
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 04-11-1943 Benson 07-11-1943 1OADU 01-01-1944 Miles Aircraft 31-01-1944 683S MedAAF SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA845
s/n PA845
c/n 5016
VA (Supermarine)
PA 845
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 05-11-1943 Benson 15-11-1943 1OADU 28-12-1943 Gibraltar 31-12-1943 Middle East 01-02-1944 680S SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA846
s/n PA846
c/n 5020
VA (Supermarine)
PA 846
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 06-11-1943 Benson 09-11-1943 1OADU 28-12-1943 India 15-01-1944 681S SOC 12-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA847
s/n PA847
c/n 5021
VA (Supermarine)
PA 847
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 06-11-1943 Benson 09-11-1943 1OADU Forcelanded in Spain and interned on ferry flight Porthreath to Gibraltar 14-12-1943 FH6.10
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA848
s/n PA848
c/n 5038
VA (Supermarine)
PA 848
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 10-11-1943 Benson 15-11-1943 1OADU 28-12-1943 India 31-12-1943 ACSEA 09-02-1944 681S missing presumed ditched on PR mission to Namsang 02-07-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA849
s/n PA849
c/n 5039
VA (Supermarine)
PA 849
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 11-11-1943 Benson 15-11-1943 16S 09-12-1943 CB ops 28-05-1944 HAL 1PP Benson 10-02-1945 4S 05-04-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA850
s/n PA850
c/n 5080
VA (Supermarine)
PA 850
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 20-11-1943 Benson 30-11-1943 1OADU 31-12-1943 Gibraltar 05-01-1944 Middle East 01-02-1944 680S MedAAF 31-05-1945 SOC 29-08-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA851
s/n PA851
c/n 4986
VA (Supermarine)
PA 851
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 29-10-1943 Benson 05-11-1943 14PS/22PS 7PRG USAAF 28-11-1943 lost in North Sea 23-12-1943 Capt SA Scott killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA852
s/n PA852
c/n 5179
VA (Supermarine)
PA 852
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 14-12-1943 6MU 19-12-1943 4S 02-02-1944 FAAC 07-08-1944 412RSU ros 26-04-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA853
s/n PA853
c/n 5224
VA (Supermarine)
PA 853
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 23-12-1943 Benson 27-12-1943 1OADU 10-02-1944 ACSEA 21-02-1944 C3 ops 23-03-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA854
s/n PA854
c/n 5223
VA (Supermarine)
PA 854
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 23-12-1943 Benson 27-12-1943 Gibraltar 29-01-1944 MedAAF 31-01-1944 shot down by Spit FIX 07-04-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA855
s/n PA855
c/n 5185
VA (Supermarine)
PA 855
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 14-12-1943 Benson 21-12-1943 542S 07-01-1944 out of fuel on PR mission over V-sites force-landed nr Manston CE 25-02-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA856
s/n PA856
c/n 5194
VA (Supermarine)
PA 856
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 18-12-1943 Benson 21-12-1943 541S 29-12-1943 1OADU 29-01-1944 Miles Aircraft 30-01-1944 India 08-02-1944 681S SOC 12-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA857
s/n PA857
c/n 5236
VA (Supermarine)
PA 857
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-12-1943 Benson 01-01-1944 4S 07-02-1944 151RU 17-05-1945 CAC 04-06-1945 recat E SOC 16-11-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA858
s/n PA858
c/n 5235
VA (Supermarine)
PA 858
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-12-1943 Benson 01-01-1944 1OADU 05-02-1944 Miles Aircraft 06-02-1944 MedAAF 31-03-1944 683S SOC 19-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA859
s/n PA859
c/n 5226
VA (Supermarine)
PA 859
Merlin 70
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 24-12-1943 Benson 01-03-1944 541S 26-03-1944 enemy action CB 01-01-1945 HAL 1401Flt 19-02-1946 Engine lost power force-landing nr Crewe [Celle] 02-04-1946 SOC
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA860
s/n PA860
c/n 5066
VA (Supermarine)
PA 860
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 17-11-1943 Benson 24-11-1943 1OADU 28-12-1943 India 30-01-1944 681S SOC 26-07-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA861
s/n PA861
c/n 5040
VA (Supermarine)
PA 861
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 11-11-1943 Benson 15-12-1943 16S 25-12-1943 CB ops 06-07-1944 HAL 1PP Benson 21-03-1945 SOC 23-08-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA862
s/n PA862
c/n 5085
VA (Supermarine)
PA 862
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 23-11-1943 Benson 04-12-1943 FAAC 31-12-1943 1OADU 12-06-1944 Middle East 19-06-1944 ACSEA 27-10-1945 SOC 25-07-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA863
s/n PA863
c/n 5045
VA (Supermarine)
PA 863
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 12-11-1943 Benson 15-11-1943 16S 24-12-1943 Abandoned off Calais returning from PR mission 08-03-1944 Flying Officer A L Pearsall killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA864
s/n PA864
c/n 5094
VA (Supermarine)
PA 864
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 25-11-1943 Benson 02-12-1943 541S 29-12-1943 8OTU 07-11-1944 29MU 07-07-1945 SOC 30-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA865
s/n PA865
c/n 5064
VA (Supermarine)
PA 865
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 18-11-1943 Benson 24-11-1943 1OADU 02-01-1944 India 17-01-1944 ACSEA 681S SOC 13-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA866
s/n PA866
c/n 5121
VA (Supermarine)
PA 866
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 30-11-1943 Benson 13-12-1943 1OADU 20-01-1944 MedAAF 21-02-1944 683S missing on PR mission to Trento 19-05-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA867
s/n PA867
c/n 5063
VA (Supermarine)
PA 867
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 17-11-1943 Benson 24-11-1943 ros 08-02-1944 Miles Aircraft 07-03-1944 682S SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA868
s/n PA868
c/n 5106
VA (Supermarine)
PA 868
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 27-11-1943 Benson 541S Engine cut on air test belly-landed in field Newlyn Downs Cornwall CB 05-07-1944 HAL recat E 14-08-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA869
s/n PA869
c/n 5127
VA (Supermarine)
PA 869
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 02-12-1943 Benson 04-12-1943 16S 03-01-1944 HAL 06-10-1944 1PP Benson 16-03-1945 34WSU engine failed wheels up landing Sandley nr Gillingham CE 18-06-1945 SOC 21-07-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA870
s/n PA870
c/n 5102
VA (Supermarine)
PA 870
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 26-11-1943 Benson 04-12-1943 16S 03-01-1944 Hit by flak on PR mission over Normandy 07-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA871
s/n PA871
c/n 5134
VA (Supermarine)
PA 871
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 03-12-1943 Benson 13-12-1943 400S 19-01-1944 FRU 14-12-1944 34WSU 19-04-1945 HAL 27-06-1945 recat E SOC 15-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA884
s/n PA884
c/n 5160
VA (Supermarine)
PA 884
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 08-12-1943 6MU 19-12-1943 4S 18-01-1944 412RSU 01-02-1944 84GDC UK 06-09-1944 to 5679M 21-09-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA885
s/n PA885
c/n 5153
VA (Supermarine)
PA 885
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 08-12-1943 Benson 21-12-1943 542S 09-01-1944 missing from PR over Siegned Line 28-05-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA886
s/n PA886
c/n 5150
VA (Supermarine)
PA 886
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 07-12-1943 Benson 13-12-1943 400S 19-01-1944 HAL 23-02-1945 6MU 28-08-1947 sold scrap Intl.Alloys 31-03-1949
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA887
s/n PA887
c/n 5165
VA (Supermarine)
PA 887
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 09-12-1943 6MU 19-12-1943 4S 01-02-1944 34WSU 03-08-1944 400S 14-09-1944 DBR in air raid Eindhoven CB 01-01-1945 HAL recat E 05-07-1945 SOC 14-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA888
s/n PA888
c/n 5135
VA (Supermarine)
PA 888
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 03-12-1943 Benson 13-12-1943 400S 25-04-1944 CB ops 12-05-1944 HAL 1PP Benson 01-02-1945 29MU 24-06-1945 SOC 30-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA889
s/n PA889
c/n 5170
VA (Supermarine)
PA 889
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 11-12-1943 9MU 19-12-1943 400S 24-01-1944 CB ops 10-08-1944 ros 1PP Benson 04-02-1945 4S 05-04-1945 49MU 20-09-1945 SOC 20-12-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA890
s/n PA890
c/n 5182
VA (Supermarine)
PA 890
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 16-12-1943 Benson 21-12-1943 1OADU 06-02-1944 India 26-02-1944 ACSEA 681S CE 12-03-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA891
s/n PA891
c/n 5190
VA (Supermarine)
PA 891
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 16-12-1943 Benson 20-12-1943 4S 02-02-1944 511FRU 15-06-1944 ros sold MoS 18-01-1949
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA892
s/n PA892
c/n 4996
VA (Supermarine)
PA 892
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 31-10-1943 Benson 06-11-1943 14PS 7PRG USAAF 'High Lady' later 'Dorothy' 17-01-1944 1PP Benson 03-04-1945 HAL 17-04-1945 recat E SOC 14-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA893
s/n PA893
c/n 5219
VA (Supermarine)
PA 893
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 20-12-1943 HAL 29-01-1944 6MU 19-07-1944 Benson 20-08-1944 Sortie to Arnhem area from Northolt 20-09-1944 Pilot Officer J R Brodby killed [14-09-1945 ]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA894
s/n PA894
VA (Supermarine)
PA 894
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 07-01-1944 400S 07-02-1944 Destroyed in air raid Eindhoven CE 01-01-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA895
s/n PA895
c/n 5195
VA (Supermarine)
PA 895
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 18-12-1943 Benson 24-12-1943 1OADU 05-01-1944 Miles Aircraft Gibraltar 06-02-1944 MedAAF 31-03-1944 682S SOC 31-01-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA896
s/n PA896
VA (Supermarine)
PA 896
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 04-01-1944 1OADU 10-02-1944 hood detached on takeoff 17SP 14-02-1944 ACSEA 21-02-1944 681S SOC 25-07-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA897
s/n PA897
VA (Supermarine)
PA 897
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 4S 11-02-1944 ros 13-02-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA898
s/n PA898
VA (Supermarine)
PA 898
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 14-01-1944 1OADU 10-02-1944 ACSEA 21-02-1944 681S SOC 28-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA899
s/n PA899
VA (Supermarine)
PA 899
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 4S 11-02-1944 CAC ops 09-05-1944 16S 20-07-1944 Missing from PR sortie over Holland 09-09-1944 Flying Officer J Wallace killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA900
s/n PA900
VA (Supermarine)
PA 900
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 400S 11-02-1944 ros HAL 16-04-1945 recat E SOC 14-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA901
s/n PA901
VA (Supermarine)
PA 901
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 4S 05-03-1944 missing from PR mission to Hulst over Noball targets Knocke-Hult 10-04-1944 Flying Officer I A Turnbull killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA902
s/n PA902
VA (Supermarine)
PA 902
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 16S 12-03-1944 511FRU engine failed in circuit force-landed Hartfordbridge 28-03-1944 SOC 29-03-1944 FH28.5
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA903
s/n PA903
VA (Supermarine)
PA 903
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 400S 11-02-1944 CB ros 23-10-1944 34WSU 02-02-1945 VAEA 24-10-1946 scrap 28-11-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA904
s/n PA904
VA (Supermarine)
PA 904
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 1OADU 05-03-1944 Miles Aircraft 08-03-1944 683S SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA905
s/n PA905
VA (Supermarine)
PA 905
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 30-01-1944 1OADU 01-03-1944 Miles Aircraft 02-03-1944 682S Forcelanded nr Alexandroupolis on return from Vienna 29-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA906
s/n PA906
VA (Supermarine)
PA 906
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 1OADU 28-02-1944 ACSEA 10-03-1944 681S SOC 31-12-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA907
s/n PA907
VA (Supermarine)
PA 907
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 Miles Aircraft 01-03-1944 Middle East 02-1945 681S SOC 31-10-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA908
s/n PA908
c/n 6S 417723
VA (Supermarine)
PA 908
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 1OADU 04-03-1944 ACSEA 17-03-1944 681S SOC 09-05-1946 to RIAF as instructional airframe M342 In store USAF Museum Dayton Extant
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA909
s/n PA909
VA (Supermarine)
PA 909
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 30-01-1944 1OADU 29-02-1944 Miles Aircraft 01-03-1944 683S SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA910
s/n PA910
VA (Supermarine)
PA 910
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 02-02-1944 1OADU 29-02-1944 Miles Aircraft 01-03-1944 682S 40SAAF SOC 27-02-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA911
s/n PA911
c/n 5225
VA (Supermarine)
PA 911
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
FF 23-12-1943 Benson 29-01-1944 1OADU 30-01-1944 682S CAC ops 13-03-1944 ros MedAAF 14-04-1944 Middle East SOC 26-09-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA912
s/n PA912
VA (Supermarine)
PA 912
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 PRDU 09-02-1944 106Grp Wastage Pl 18-06-1944 542S 21-06-1944 400S 21-09-1944 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA913
s/n PA913
VA (Supermarine)
PA 913
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 19-02-1944 1OADU 15-03-1944 ACSEA 23-03-1944 681S SOC 26-04-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA926
s/n PA926
VA (Supermarine)
PA 926
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 1OADU 19-02-1944 ACSEA 29-02-1944 681S SOC 12-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA927
s/n PA927
VA (Supermarine)
PA 927
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 09-02-1944 84GSU 19-03-1944 400S 15-06-1944 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA928
s/n PA928
VA (Supermarine)
PA 928
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 02-02-1944 1OADU 01-03-1944 ACSEA 11-03-1944 681S SOC 12-06-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA929
s/n PA929
VA (Supermarine)
PA 929
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-01-1944 16S 12-03-1944 crashed on return from PR mission believed lost control in cloud Sandhill Farm Bletchingley CE 08-06-1944 F/Lt M A McGilligan killed 412RSU 15-06-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA930
s/n PA930
VA (Supermarine)
PA 930
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 02-02-1944 1OADU 19-02-1944 Gibraltar 20-02-1944 MedAAF 683S 682S missing on PR mission to Udine 23-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA931
s/n PA931
VA (Supermarine)
PA 931
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 02-02-1944 4S 11-03-1944 HAL 13-06-1944 4S 31-08-1944 ros 05-03-1945 SOC 05-02-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA932
s/n PA932
VA (Supermarine)
PA 932
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 20-02-1944 1OADU 20-03-1944 MedAAF 25-03-1944 683S Middle East 02-08-1945 SOC 09-08-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA933
s/n PA933
VA (Supermarine)
PA 933
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 12-02-1944 16S 14-03-1944 missing on PR mission to Lille 31-08-1944 Pilot Officer H E W Colgate killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA934
s/n PA934
VA (Supermarine)
PA 934
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 30-01-1944 1OADU 01-03-1944 ACSEA 23-03-1944 681S SOC 27-02-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA935
s/n PA935
VA (Supermarine)
PA 935
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 19-02-1944 1OADU 17-03-1944 ACSEA 26-03-1944 681S 1300Flt Engine overheated on ferry flight bellylanded nr Kangar Malaya 22-02-1946 SOC 31-12-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA936
s/n PA936
VA (Supermarine)
PA 936
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 24-02-1944 1OADU 15-03-1944 MedAAF 683S SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA937
s/n PA937
VA (Supermarine)
PA 937
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 05-02-1944 541S FAAC 09-10-1944 ros 8OTU 24-11-1944 SOC 30-05-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA938
s/n PA938
VA (Supermarine)
PA 938
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 20-02-1944 1OADU 19-02-1944 ? MedAAF 25-03-1944 683S Bellylanded short of fuel on Pag Island destroyed by partisans 10-12-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA939
s/n PA939
VA (Supermarine)
PA 939
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 400S 05-03-1944 FAAC 20-03-1944 HAL 16-05-1944 1PP Benson 03-02-1945 16S 05-04-1945 83GDC 08-11-1945 BAFO Comm Wing 30-12-1945 sold bou 03-09-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA940
s/n PA940
VA (Supermarine)
PA 940
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 22-02-1944 1OADU 24-03-1944 ACSEA 03-04-1944 681S Engine cut on take-off crashlanded Comilla 21-10-1944 SOC 01-01-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA941
s/n PA941
VA (Supermarine)
PA 941
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 14-02-1944 542S 19-03-1944 CB ops 05-10-1944 HAL 1PP Benson 12-05-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA942
s/n PA942
VA (Supermarine)
PA 942
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 15-02-1944 541S 14-03-1944 400S 15-06-1944 34Wng SU Prep Flt 14-09-1944 out of fuel force-landed Eckington Worcs CE 31-10-1944 [believed also 14PS 7PRG USAAF]
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA943
s/n PA943
VA (Supermarine)
PA 943
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 15-02-1944 541S 14-03-1944 8OTU 07-11-1944 engine failed high alt ditched Loch Connell Argyll CE [25-11-1944 ] 05-07-1945 SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA944
s/n PA944
VA (Supermarine)
PA 944
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 14-02-1944 14PS 7PRG USAAF 20-04-1944 HAL 05-04-1945 recat E SOC 13-09-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA945
s/n PA945
VA (Supermarine)
PA 945
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 12-02-1944 542S 14-03-1944 missing (Hamburg) 05-10-1944
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA946
s/n PA946
VA (Supermarine)
PA 946
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 24-02-1944 1OADU 10-04-1944 ACSEA 17-04-1944 681S NFT
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA947
s/n PA947
VA (Supermarine)
PA 947
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 12-02-1944 16S 14-03-1944 400S 25-07-1944 412RSU 22-07-1944 ? 16S 03-08-1944 Abandoned on PR sortie 30-09-1944 [1-10-1944 ] Flight Sergeant D W Jolliffe killed
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA948
s/n PA948
VA (Supermarine)
PA 948
Merlin 70
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 06-03-1944 542S 23-03-1944 6MU 23-08-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA949
s/n PA949
VA (Supermarine)
PA 949
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 06-03-1944 4S 16S u/c collapsed on landing Eindhoven 03-08-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA950
s/n PA950
VA (Supermarine)
PA 950
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 06-03-1944 1OADU 12-04-1944 MedAAF 15-04-1944 683S 680S SOC 18-10-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA951
s/n PA951
VA (Supermarine)
PA 951
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 20-02-1944 1OADU 04-04-1944 ACSEA 17-11-1944 681S SOC 13-06-1946
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA952
s/n PA952
VA (Supermarine)
PA 952
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 16-03-1944 222MU 28-03-1944 City of Christiana 09-04-1944 India 18-05-1944 273S 683S RIAF SOC 27-02-1947
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA953
s/n PA953
VA (Supermarine)
PA 953
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-03-1944 82MU 29-03-1944 Diomed 19-04-1944 Australia 27-06-1944 RAAF as A58-1948 8 6AD storage 29-09-1944 auth for writeoff 24-05-1946 SOC 15-11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA954
s/n PA954
VA (Supermarine)
PA 954
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 17-03-1944 82MU 27-03-1944 Kitsilano Park 06-04-1944 Australia 19-06-1944 RAAF as A58-1944 2 8OTU 27-11-1944 6AD storage 28-11-1945 auth for writeoff 22-05-1946 SOC 15-11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA955
s/n PA955
VA (Supermarine)
PA 955
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 15-03-1944 222MU 28-03-1944 City of Christiana 09-04-1944 India 18-05-1944 615S CE 24-05-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA956
s/n PA956
VA (Supermarine)
PA 956
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
9MU 06-03-1944 82MU 12-03-1944 Berredch 29-03-1944 India 12-05-1944 152S Ran off runway and wing hit bank overturned Kan 15-01-1945 SOC 12-02-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA957
s/n PA957
VA (Supermarine)
PA 957
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 18-03-1944 82MU 27-03-1944 Kitsilano Park 06-04-1944 Australia 19-06-1944 RAAF as A58-1944 3 6AD 24-08-1944 1AD 13-08-1945 6AD storage 24-08-1945 auth for writeoff 22-05-1946 SOC 15-11-1948
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire LF Mk VIII serial PA958
s/n PA958
VA (Supermarine)
PA 958
Merlin 66
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
6MU 12-03-1944 82MU 21-03-1944 Kitsilano Park 06-04-1944 Australia 19-06-1944 RAAF as A58-1944 4 6AD 24-08-1944 Crashed during attempted forced landing Oakey 27-07-1945 3CRD 14-11-1945 rtp
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA959
s/n PA959
VA (Supermarine)
PA 959
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 29-02-1944 1OADU 08-05-1944 ACSEA 18-05-1944 681S Hit by Dakota KN246 while parked at Mingladon 16-10-1945 SOC 01-11-1945
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA960
s/n PA960
VA (Supermarine)
PA 960
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 14-02-1944 1OADU 06-04-1944 MedAAF 15-04-1944 Middle East 23-12-1944 682S 13S Fayid 08-01-1948 109MU 05-02-1948 SOC 06-05-1950
last update: 2025-February-05Spitfire PR Mk XI (Trop) serial PA961
s/n PA961
VA (Supermarine)
PA 961
Merlin 63
Known Units:
airhistory.org.uk/spitfire
Benson 24-02-1944 84GSU 19-03-1944 400S 15-06-1944 83GSU 17-05-1945 sold MoS 22-08-1947
last update: 2025-February-05