[41Sqn_Banks]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

more @ http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p003.htm

Thanks, I checked several pages, the earliest date I found was December 1941 were a couple of Spitfire II were assigned to 61OTU. The majority was 1942 or later. I didn't find a single aircraft that was assigned directly from Maintenance Unit (MU) to OTU, all were transferred to operational squadrons first.