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Spitfire MK778 - Aircraft Details - Aviation Directory

Spitfire MK778


Type : Spitfire
Mark : LFIX
Last Flew : 6th April 1944
Built at : Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory
Powered by : Merlin 66

Known information
30th March 1944Joined No.165 Sqn
06th April 1944Hit by flak and crashed into sea 20 miles north west of Porspoder. Warrant Officer R Downing was killed. German records show that this aircraft was claimed by Unteroffizier Willi Lang of 4./JG2



Pilots and Aircrew who flew : Spitfire LFIX MK778
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Downing, R
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   Died : 6 / 4 / 1944
Downing, R

Killed on 6th April 1944 after his Spitfire Mk.IX MK778 of No.165 Sqn was hit by flak and crashed into the sea 20 miles north west of Porspoder. Unteroffizier Willi Lang of 4./JG2 cliamed this victory.



Squadrons for : Spitfire LFIX MK778
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No.165 Sqn RAF

Country : UK
Founded : 6th April 1942
Fate : Disbanded 1st September 1946
Ceylon

Infensa virtuti invidia - Envy is the foe of honor

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No.165 Sqn RAF

Flew Mustangs from January 1944.



Aircraft type : Spitfire
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Spitfire



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Manufacturer : Supermarine
Production Began : 1936
Retired : 1948
Number Built : 20351

Spitfire

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.



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