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| Date: | Saturday 7 October 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1023 |
| MSN: | XT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Turnhouse, Midlothian, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Turnhouse, Midlothian |
| RAF Turnhouse |
Spitfire L1023: First Flown 17/6/39. Delivered to the RAF at 20 MU Aston Down 26/6/39. First issued to 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqdn 15/9/39, coded 'XT-N'.
Stalled turning onto final approach to RAF Turnhouse and dived into the ground.
P/O G.C. Hunter was seriously injured in the crash.
The aircraft was a total wreck and was Struck Off Charge the next day.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120512012338/http://www.thesoutheastecho.co.uk/Squadrons/603_sqdn.
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net
Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2011 01:20 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Aug-2011 14:52 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:24 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 07-Sep-2011 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Destination airport, ] |
| 25-Dec-2011 05:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 28-Dec-2011 05:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-Jan-2012 16:19 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, ] |
| 13-Jan-2012 01:51 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jan-2012 19:47 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative, ] |
| 07-May-2012 12:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-May-2012 00:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2012 17:51 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Feb-2013 13:22 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jun-2013 17:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 16-Jul-2013 17:17 | JINX | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2013 20:53 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 18-Dec-2013 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 29-Jan-2014 23:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2014 22:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 19-Apr-2015 22:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-May-2015 06:37 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Jan-2016 19:55 | JIXN | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Mar-2016 08:01 | JIXN | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Feb-2021 21:18 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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