RAF No 331 Norwegian Squadron

RAF No 331 Norwegian Squadron Spitfire photographs

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-B Cpt Reader PT704 France late 1944

PT704 LFIX CBAF M66 33MU 4-8-44 331S 'FN-B' 31-8-44 420RSU 2-11-44 Shot down by fighters nr Osnabruck 29-12-44 Capt J K Raeder killed

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-F MJ635 England 1944

MJ635 LFIX CBAF M66 33MU 13-12-43 82MU 20-1-44 Eurybates 2-3-44 Hapmat 23-4-44 Basrah 6-5-44 USSR

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-H Martin Gran MA568 France late 1944

MA568 IX CBAF M63 331S 'FN-L' 25-6-43 AST 23-2-44 VA 4-9-44 229S 27-9-44 603S 1-3-45 CAC ops 23-3-45 Armee de l'Air 25-6-46

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-K Carl Stousland PL258 France late 1944

MA568 IX CBAF M63 331S 'FN-L' 25-6-43 AST 23-2-44 VA 4-9-44 229S 27-9-44 603S 1-3-45 CAC ops 23-3-45 Armee de l'Air 25-6-46

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-T Lt Tilset PT909 France late 1944

PT909 LFIX CBAF M66 45MU 26-8-44 331S 'FN-T' 28-9-44 Armed recce to Enschede Shot down by fighters nr Osnabruck 29-12-44

Spitfire LFIX RAF 331Sqn FN-W Fsgt Haanes PT708 France late 1944

PT708 LFIX CBAF M66 33MU 1-8-44 222MU 11-8-44 Melampus 20-8-44 Casablanca 3-9-44 225S 601S Hit by flak and abandoned nr Albarea 25-4-45

Spitfire MkIXe RAF 331Sqn FNZ PL187 at Gardermoen nr Oslo IWM CL2819

Supermarine Spitfire Mark IXEs of No. 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF, lined up at Gardermoen, north of Oslo, on their arrival in Norway. The Squadron passed to the control of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, formally disbanding from the RAF in November 1945. The nearest aircraft (PL187 'FN-Z), already bears RNoAF markings on its rudder and spinner.

Imperial War Museum IWM CL 2819 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211770