ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169490
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| Date: | Sunday 6 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 7 (P)AFU RAF |
| Registration: | P8168 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Peterborough |
A presentation aircraft, " Assam Two Lakhimpur ", P8168 was being operated from Peterborough by No. 7 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit when it was substantially damaged in a landing crash on 6/5/45.
At first assessed as Category AC damage, a reassessment was made later, and the aircraft was written off the books on 30/5/45.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2014 05:00 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Apr-2015 10:01 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Feb-2021 07:43 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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