ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160220
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| Date: | Monday 24 July 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | Handling Sqn A&AEE Boscombe Down |
| Registration: | PK513 |
| MSN: | CBAF.105 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk |
| RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
To RAF at 33MU Lyneham 25-9-45. To Vickers-Armstrongs at Keevil 16-1-47 mods and Converted. Returned to RAF charge at 33 MU Lyneham 18-7-47. To RAE Farnborough 9-48 target towing duties (with Spitfire SM970). To RAF Andover 21-9-48. Returned to RAE Farnborough 8-49 instrument presentation and anti-G trials. Several flights aborted due to faulty equipment. To A&AEE Martlesham Heath 1-50 for anti-G and crash proof fuel tank trials
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when crash-landed at RAF Abingdon during anti-G trials. Declared Cat 3(R) 24-7-50 (replaced by Spitfire PK495). Re-cat Cat. 5(scrap) 7-9-50 and struck off charge. Reported as dumped at 49 MU RAF Colerne (see links #4 & #45)
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.69
4. https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/133036-raf-colerne-1950-scrap-pile-spitfires-lancaster-ansons-what-else
5. https://britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw033309
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PK513
7. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ww2images/6897915445/in/photolist-2k9J3Ks-2idoaRR-bvxBWD-22rvdJt-Kb6du
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2013 03:44 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Dec-2018 18:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2019 19:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Mar-2019 16:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Nov-2019 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Dec-2020 20:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2020 11:54 | Investig | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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