Search

Home
 
 Where to buy Ventura Decals and Books
 
 Ventura products
 
 RNZAF Historial
 
 Historical
 Canada
 France
 German
 RAF
 Royal Navy
 RAAF
 P-51 Mustang
 Spitfire / Seafire
 US Air Force
 US Navy
 
 Detail photos
 American types
 Australian types
 British types
 German types
 Spanish types
 
 Aviation art
 
 Motorcycle pages
 Links to other sites
 
 Reviews
 American
 British
 French
 German
 Japanese
 Russian
 South African
 
 Aviation site links

Historical : Spitfire / Seafire Last Updated: Aug 21st, 2020 - 13:06:35

Spitfire in colour, Operation Torch
By Wojtek Matusiak
Nov 17, 2006, 17:28

Email this article
 Printer friendly page
The wreck of ER488
Spitfire MkV ER488. Wojtek says "The more I look at the pic, the more I think that this was an RAF, not USAAF Spitfire. After all they all used US stars during African landings, and the Air Britain serial listing book quotes this aeroplane as lost in mid-December 1942. And with the red codes - could it be on loan to FAA?

Extra info from Malcolm McKay and Charles Metz, 'Spitfire, The History,' by Morgan and Shacklady.

ER488: 46MU 21/9/42, 215 MU 15/10 15/10/42. Then transported by the ship SS628 to Algiers. Failed to return from Ops 17/12/43"



© Copyright 2004-2015; VenturaPublications.com and contributors.

Top of Page

Spitfire / Seafire
Latest Headlines
Seafire Merlin engine, Broken Eagles
Seafire References
Spitfire MkVb, S/Ldr Zumbach, 303 Squadron
Seafire photos for scale modellers
Seafire IIIs. Late war colour photo
Seafire Mk XV photos
Spitfire MkVs, 73 OTU
Spitfire MkIX - Norwegian post-war colours and markings
Spitfire in colour, Operation Torch
Spitfire MkVs, 32 Sqn, Greece late 1944
Spitfire PR types, reference book list
Czech Spitfire Camouflage and markings
Spitfires - Russian World War 2
Spitfires - Egyptian Air Force photos