ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160053
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| Date: | Sunday 27 October 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9503 |
| MSN: | 646 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Upavon, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
| RAF Middle Wallop |
The pilot was flying the Spitfire Mark I on October 27, 1940, when a German plane shot a hole in his oil tank. Unsure he could land safely, he bailed and the aircraft crashed in Wiltshire.
P/O Paul Baillon survived but was killed a month later during a dogfight with the Luftwaffe over France. He is buried at Bayeux.
The wreckage of the plane was excavated in the year 2013.
Sources:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2411551/Spitfire-shot-Salisbury-Plain-Luftwaffe-70-years-ago-dug-Iraq-Afghanistan-veterans.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2013 17:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Mar-2015 01:15 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2015 06:01 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2015 14:40 | Opietz | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 15-Jun-2023 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport]] |
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