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  • Spitfire EN570
    The 11th of June 1943, EN 570 took part in the RODEO mission 229.
    The plane was shot down and crashed into the Robermont woods at Lucheux
    resulting in the death of pilot F / O Gordon Rowland Linsdsay.
    Squadron 611
    Twelve "Spitfire" IX :

    W/Cdr A.C. Deere "Spitfire" IX # EN 568. Green 1
    F/Lt F. Colloredo MansfeId.“Spitfire" IX # EN 573. White 1.
    F/Lt J.M. Checketts. “Spitfire” IX FY © H. Black 1.
    F/Lt H.A.S. Johnston "Spitfire" IX # EN 576. Green 3.
    FlI_t Fi. F. Luness "Spitfire" IX FY @ P. Green 2.
    F/O J.H. Devlin “Spitfire” IX # EN 529. White 2.
    F/O J. Garden "Spitfire" IX # JK 860. White 3.
    F/O K Branson "Spitfire" IX FY © A. Black 2.
    F/O. G.FI.Lindsay. "Spitfire" IX # EN 570. FY © J, B/ack3.
    Lt J. lvedte "Spitfire" IX # LK 979. White 4.
    Sgt G. Claydon "Spitfire" IX # EN 564. Green 4.
    Sgt K.J. King "Spitfire" IX _ FY © K. Black 4.
    The mission report
    Beautiful sun. At 15:58 the Wing took off for Rodeo 229 ... We flew to Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise at 7800 meters
    above sea level and just before we got over this town in the Pas-de-Calais we saw 13 FW 190 flying south
    at 6900 meters altitude in formation, well aligned, each plane being 50 meters from each other.
    The Squadron will then immediately turn to his right by diving to these enemy planes to attack them.

    These FW 190s saw our Squadron's planes at this time, and as F / Lt Checketts, who was closest to the Huns,
    began their attack, these Huns escaped to their right. After a complete turn the enemy planes passed on
    their backs and dived vertically to disappear in the thick fog that was at 4500 meters. The F / Lt Checketts
    will be the only pilot able to open fire to one of these planes. He will claim this destroyed enemy plane.
    W / Cdr Deere was ready to shoot when he saw a "Spitfire" which he later identified as Black 4 appearing
    through his section and thus disrupting the attack Black 3, F / O Gordon R. Lindsay had just been seen
    diving to the ground with 8 FW 190s behind his tail, and he will not be returning to the base, the
    Squadron lost one of its oldest and most popular pilots.

    The remainder of the Squadron reformed, resumed rapidly from altitude and left France above Berck
    at 5400 meters before landing at 17:17 on the base.
    After having obtained the necessary authorizations,
    the excavation took place on July 10th. After just a
    few buckets from our digger operator, Gerald Frion,
    a number of relatively well preserved aluminum
    structural parts, fuselage sheet, engine mount tubes,
    the intercooler radiator in good condition, the
    shielding plate of the glycol radiator and the
    magnificent Merlin 66 Rolls Royce were revealed.
    Gerald then uncovered the complete propeller hub
    with the propeller pitch control mechanism still
    with its original oil !!!
    10. July, 2013
    We get the engine and additional parts back to base
    and the work to preserve it have started.

    Propeller hub and Engine is in amazing condition
    after all these years.

    The engine is washed and cleaned properly before it is
    ??????
    The engine is retrieved
    2. September, 2018
    Norwegian Flying Aces buys the engine parts and
    we begin rebuilding on the Isle of Wright shortly after.

    Two years in the making, and many inspections later,
    the plane will be the first Spitfire we operate in
    Norway from around year 2020.

    We will keep all our followers updated on booking,
    and we expect this unique offer to be sold out quickly!
    The crash site
    Merlin 66 Spitifre Engine
    Current progress
Spitfire EN 570eirik2018-11-28T11:52:55+00:00

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