X4263

Supermarine Spitfire Ia

MarkIa
FateUnknown
Lost26 August 1941
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 X4263 first flew on 23 Aug 1940 and is recorded with No. 38 Maintenance Unit, No. 603 Squadron, aircraft storage. The register also notes operational training service. Its record includes a loss or ditching at sea.

Operations flown

Non-operational flight — Failed to return

Crew: John Patterson Macilwaine (Other)