R6978

Supermarine Spitfire Ia

MarkIa
FateUnknown
Lost12 December 1940
A Supermarine Spitfire (representative type, not this airframe)
Representative photo of a Supermarine Spitfire — not this individual aircraft.
ⓘ licence & creditAirwolfhound / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spitfire_-_Season_Premiere_Airshow_2018_(cropped).jpg

Notes

Spitfire Mk I R6978 first flew on 18 Jul 1940 and is recorded with No. 6 Maintenance Unit, No. 611 Squadron, No. 65 Squadron. It was later reported missing from a patrol or operational sortie.

Operations flown

Non-operational flight — Failed to return

Crew: Merrik Hubert Eric Hine (Other)