350th Squadron (Belgium) Squadron

350th Squadron (Belgium) Spitfire photographs

Airworthy Spitfire warbird XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNE RM689 01

Spitfire F14 RAF 350Sqn APD RM619 ex 130qn at Lympne Kent IWM CL1353

Spitfire F14 RAF 350Sqn APD RM619 ex 130qn at Lympne Kent IWM CL1353

Spitfire F Mark XIV, RM619 AP-D, taxying to the perimeter track at Lympne, Kent for an early morning patrol over Holland. Although still displaying the unit code letters of No. 130 Squadron RAF, RM619 had in fact been transferred to No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF.

Imperial War Museum IWM CL 1353 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205127136

Spitfire MkVb RAF 350Sqn MNE AA835 Circus 195 De Wever POW shot down by flak 29th June 1942 01

Spitfire MkVb RAF 350Sqn MNG AD288 based in Scotland Aug 1943 0A

Spitfire MkVb RAF 350Sqn MNY Duke aerial photo 1942 01

Spitfires over Berlin RAF 350Sqn pages 100 101

Spitfires over Berlin RAF 350Sqn pages 102 103

Spitfires over Berlin RAF 350Sqn pages 98 99

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn ex RAF 130Sqn AP at Lympne Kent IWM CL1354

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn ex RAF 130Sqn AP at Lympne Kent IWM CL1354

Flying Officer F "Fifi" Verpoorten of No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF starts up his Supermarine Spitfire Mark XIV at Lympne, Kent, for an early morning sortie over Holland. The aircraft still bears the unit codes of No. 130 Squadron RAF, having been recently transferred from that unit.

Imperial War Museum IWM CL 1354 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211669

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNF RB169 at Lympne Kent IWM CL1364

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNF RB169 at Lympne Kent IWM CL1364

Flying Officer J Wustefeld of No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF surveys the airfield from the wing of his Supermarine Spitfire Mark XIV, lined up with other aircraft of the Squadron at Lympne, Kent.

Imperial War Museum IWM CL 1364 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211671

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNM RM764 at Lympne Kent IWM CL1360

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNM RM764 at Lympne Kent IWM CL1360

Belgian ground crew refuelling Supermarine Spitfire Mark XIVE, RM764 'MN M', of No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron RAF at Lympne, Kent.

Imperial War Museum IWM CL 1360 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211670

Spitfire XIVe RAF 350Sqn MNS RM693 01

W3646 Vb 1919 EA M45 FF 2-8-41 6MU 5-8-41 452S 16-8-41 GAL 21-9-41 145S 22-11-41 350S 11-2-42 VASM 29-7-42 mods FAAC 26-8-42 ros FACB 18-11-42 DeH Cunliffe-Owen 31-5-43 Cv Seafire Ib reserialled NX965 cancel later Cunliffe-Owen 11-8-43 RNDA 19-1-44 899S 2-44 886S 3-44 761S Henstridge 7-44 to 9-44

W3446 Vb 1845 EA M45 FF 4-7-41 5MU 8-7-41 54S 20-7-41 403S 4-8-41 AST 29-8-41 81S 20-4-42 72S 1-5-42 350S 20-5-42 crashed on return convoy patrol Norwich CE 14-6-42 SOC 15-6-42 Sgt M H M Raes killed

AR380 Vb West M45 38MU 17-3-42 350S 20-7-42 Shot down by fighters nr Dieppe 19-8-42

Spitfire MkVb RAF 350 Belgian Sqn MNJ BM564 PO Andre MAF Plisnier based in RAF Redhill Surrey Aug 1943 0A

Info Eduard: Spitfire Mk.Vb BM564 served with No. 350 (Belgian) Squadron from 30 April 1942 until 27 December 1942. During this period, all sixteen Spitfires of the squadron carried presentation names, with BM564 allocated the inscription “Léopoldville.” The aircraft was almost exclusively flown by the well-known Belgian pilot and ace P/O André Marie Alfred Frederick Plisnier, who scored four victories in its cockpit — two during Operation Jubilee (the Dieppe Raid) on 19 August 1942 and two more in November. Plisnier’s total wartime score was six confirmed kills. The name “Léopoldville” later reappeared in another list of Belgian presentation Spitfires, this time assigned to AA720. This aircraft flew only a very short operational career, from 6 June 1944 until 10 June 1944, when its pilot, F/Lt Alec Alexander, was killed. At the time, AA720 wore full D-Day invasion stripes, likely featured the later-style integrated armoured glass windshield, and no longer carried nose art beneath the canopy.