ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160232
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1950 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
| Owner/operator: | 608 (North Riding) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PK653 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles west of RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
| RAF Dishforth, West Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spitfire PK653: Delivered to the RAF at 33MU Lyneham 20-12-45. To VAEA (Vickers Armstrongs Eastleigh) 11-4-47 for modifications. First issued to 608 (North Riding) Squadron, RAF Thornaby 29-6-48. Written off 25-3-1950: Hit beacon mast and crashed 2 miles west of RAF Dishforth, North Yorkshire, being Destroyed By Fire. The pilot survived.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.90 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.43
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p086.html
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._608_Squadron_RAF#Post-war_reformation:_Mosquitos.2C_Spitfires_and_Vampires
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PK653
7. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1988/1988%20-%20Dec.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2013 08:18 | JINX | Added |
| 30-Sep-2013 11:13 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 01-Oct-2013 08:11 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2013 14:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 17-Mar-2014 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2015 08:22 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2015 19:18 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 16-Dec-2020 19:27 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2020 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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