ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152401
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| Date: | Friday 31 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk IV T |
| Owner/operator: | 8 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BR419 |
| MSN: | 2920 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Probably in the North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dyce, Aberdeenshire |
| RAF Dyce |
Took off at 10:30 hours to carry out a high altitude PR training exercise. The route was Dyce-Hexham-Kings Lynn-Leeds-Dyce. The flying weather was satisfactory at the time of take off but deteriorated quickly thereafter. The Spitfire failed to return to Dyce and was declared missing.
Pilot:
F/Sgt (Aus413990) Alfred Cyrus Hall, RAAF - missing, presumed killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
RAF Casualties-1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2013 03:04 | angels one five | Added |
| 10-Jan-2013 03:08 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-May-2013 05:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-May-2013 02:55 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 12-Sep-2013 23:48 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 05-Aug-2014 13:59 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2019 18:50 | angels one five | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
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