ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173005
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| Date: | Friday 17 April 1953 |
| Time: | Day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 24 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7929A |
| MSN: | VN332 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Hillburn Reservoir, northwest of Suffern, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Teterboro KTEB, New Jersey |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spitfire Mk 24 VN332 was sent to Canada in 1947 and was used in winterisation trials ( long term cocooning ) before being sold into the civilian market on 21/3/51.
Registered as N7929A the Spitfire was being prepared for the United Kingdom to New Zealand Air Race to be held in October, 1953, when it crashed at high speed in wooded country in the Ramapo Mountains in New York State.
The pilot and owner Peter Donahue William Freytag (26), a former US Navy pilot, was killed in the crash.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/BE030554/rescuers-search-through-plane-wreckage
https://www.findagrave.com/page=gr&GSln=Freytag&GSfn=peter&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1953&GSdyrel=in&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=13838059&df=all&
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jan-2015 22:24 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Jan-2015 23:07 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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