ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22073
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| Date: | Saturday 6 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 57 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P9434 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Picton near Chester, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire |
On 6 December 1941 Sgt Sam Lee of 57 OTU RAF was killed when his Spitfire Ia P9434 spun into the ground at Foxcovers Lane, Picton, near Chester, after loss of control during course of operational training.
Sources:
https://thejoesmoechester.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/aircraft-incidents-in-chester-during-wwii/
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4283-Unaccounted-airmen-6-12-1941
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p009.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picton,_Cheshire
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=53.233333&lon=-2.850000&z=13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 23:15 | Anon. | Added |
| 27-Dec-2011 07:30 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Jun-2013 08:01 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2015 10:13 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Dec-2015 19:30 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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