ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150347
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 November 1941 |
| Time: | 14:05 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 310 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P7837 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Half a mile SE of Dyce Railway Station, Aberdeenshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
P7837 - Crashed into the ground half a mile SE of railway station Dyce 19/11/41.
Pilot:
P/O (81903) Vladimir ZAORAL (cs.pilot) RAFVR - killed.
P/O Zaoral was making a practice attack on a glider flying at about 600 feet above the airfield.
He dived beneath the glider and levelled out at 250 to 300 feet and then pulled up into a steep climb which he maintained until the plane entered cloud at 2,000 feet.
Moments later the Spitfire emerged from the cloud in a spin. The spin was stopped, but the Spitfire was still diving steeply when it hit the ground just east of the railway line adjacent to Dyce airfield.
The fighter was destroyed and its pilot died in the severe crash. There was no fire but the 310 Squadron Operations Record Book described both plane and pilot as " unrecognisable".
Vladimir Zaoral is buried in Dyce Old Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://fcafa.com/
310 Squadron ORB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2012 06:43 | Nepa | Added |
| 11-Jun-2013 15:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2013 00:09 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2013 18:59 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2013 07:31 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Location] |
| 20-Feb-2014 18:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-Feb-2014 01:30 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Sep-2014 20:16 | weeks | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2014 21:37 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 28-Mar-2015 08:32 | Gerrard | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2015 04:30 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 12:53 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 06:50 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
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