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Date: | Sunday 20 August 1950 |
Time: | 08:40 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PK393 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Alnwick, near RAF Boulmer, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Boulmer, Northumberland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On 20th August 1950 a number of 607 Squadron Spitfires were undertaking a training flight, probably as training prior to taking part in the upcoming Battle of Britain "At Home" display. One aircraft, Spitfire F.22 PK393/"LA-D" was force landed in a field near Alnwick, Northumberland while attempting to make a forced landing at RAF Boulmer, with the pilot F/O D. Curran sustaining injuries. The other aircraft in the formation continued their flight but ran into poor weather.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.75
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html 5.
http://www.fusilier.co.uk/alnmouth_northumberland/history_of_raf_boulmer.html 6.
http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 7. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) - for period 1/6/1946 to 31/12/1950: File AIR 27/2511 at
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505149 8.
https://sites.google.com/view/raf-ouston-research/flying-units-aircraft Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2013 03:30 |
JINX |
Added |
02-Mar-2014 18:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
19-Jul-2015 20:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
19-Jul-2015 20:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
22-Mar-2019 15:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source] |
28-Dec-2020 22:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
28-Dec-2020 22:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
28-Dec-2020 22:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
27-Aug-2023 09:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Source]] |