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Date: | Sunday 3 September 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PK498 |
MSN: | VASM. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles NNE of RAF Ouston, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:PK498: Spitfire F.22. Delivered to 33MU 11-9-45. Stored until returned to VASM (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) 16-10-46 for modifications and refurbishment. Issued to 607 (County of Durham) Squadron 28-1-49 at RAF Ouston, Northumberland.
Written off 3/9/1950: Destroyed when entered into an uncontrolled spin into the ground two miles North North East of RAF Ouston, Northumberland on approach to the airfield. Pilot killed.
Crew of Spitfire PK498:
P.II (2685590) Thomas Gordon Armstrong (pilot) RAF - killed on active service 3-9-1950
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.106 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.80
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html 5.
http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 6.
https://sites.google.com/view/raf-ouston-research/flying-units-aircraft 7.
https://www.rauxaf.net/page130.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2013 03:42 |
JINX |
Added |
02-Mar-2014 18:29 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
19-Jul-2015 20:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
29-Dec-2020 20:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
27-Aug-2023 09:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative]] |