ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167905
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| Date: | Thursday 19 June 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 1 ADF RAF |
| Registration: | P8019 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF St Eval, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Portreath, Cornwall |
Crashed on a ferry flight to 130 Sqn, RAF ( reformed as a Spitfire squadron 20/6/41 ) based at Portreath, while in the hands of No.1 Aircraft Delivery Flight. Overshot the end of the runway at St Eval in bad weather and hit houses. The pilot lost his life.
Pilot Officer Kenneth Harold Rowlands is buried at Bristol (Canford) Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20160812033524/http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org:80/crash-log/view-1941-crash-log
RAFWeb-Casualties 1941
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2014 12:04 | angels one five | Added |
| 15-Jul-2014 02:06 | angels one five | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Mar-2015 18:52 | Unitex | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 10-Mar-2015 07:21 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 15-Jun-2015 06:26 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Feb-2021 22:51 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2021 23:01 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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