Date:	Saturday 24 June 1950
Time:
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22
Owner/operator:	607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF
Registration:	PK394
MSN:	VASM
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, 40 miles off Blyth, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ouston, Northumberland
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
PK394: Spitfire F.22 (built by Vickers Armstrongs South Marston). Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 7-6-45. Returned to VASM (Vickers-Armstrongs South Marston) 16-1-47 for modifications. Issued to 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF 25-1-49

Written off (destroyed) when Dived into the North Sea out of cloud 40 miles off Blyth, Northumberland.
The pilot loss of control which caused the crash was never explained. 24/06/1950
Crew:
P/O (2685583) James Armour Buglass (pilot) RAuxAF - killed.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.103 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 64
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html
5. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
6. https://www.rauxaf.net/page130.html

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2013 03:31	JINX	Added
02-Mar-2014 18:28	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
16-Oct-2018 13:46	JINX	Updated [Operator]
05-Nov-2019 17:27	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
27-Dec-2019 19:28	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Dec-2019 21:38	stehlik49	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]
27-Aug-2023 09:36	Nepa	Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]]