Registration / Serial:ER120
Military Code:VF-D
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire Vb/Trop
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:5 FS / 52 FG
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:13 February 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:554840Submit Correction
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According the caption this aircraft as damaged by flak but returned to its base. It shows signs of a belly landing. The caption says it was repaired. ER120 crashed on a ridge in Tunisia due to flak damage in April 1943 and struck off charge later that year. The photo is captioned North Africa. Some sources say Tunisia but at the time of the photo the unit was based in Algeria. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:ER120
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire Vb/Trop
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:13 February 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:ER120
Military Code:VF-D
Aircraft Original Type:Supermarine Spitfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Supermarine Spitfire / Seafire
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire Vb/Trop
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:5 FS / 52 FG
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:13 February 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:554840Submit Correction
View count: 374
According the caption this aircraft as damaged by flak but returned to its base. It shows signs of a belly landing. The caption says it was repaired. ER120 crashed on a ridge in Tunisia due to flak damage in April 1943 and struck off charge later that year. The photo is captioned North Africa. Some sources say Tunisia but at the time of the photo the unit was based in Algeria. Photo from: National Archives at College Park, Maryland
Registration / Serial:ER120
Aircraft Version:Supermarine 349 Spitfire Vb/Trop
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
Photo Date:13 February 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive