ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138368
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| Date: | Thursday 10 February 1944 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXe |
| Owner/operator: | 12 FPP ATA |
| Registration: | MK616 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tong Castle, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Cosford, Shropshire |
| RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
Loss of control (spin) after engine failure during initial climb from Cosford. Delivery flight from Vickers Aircraft, Cosford to 39 MU at RAF Colerne by an ATA pilot of 12 Ferry Pilot Pool.
The engine cut twice and then failed completely.
Stalled and spun from a turn at 600 feet during the attempted forced landing and crashed at Tong Lake, 2 miles north of Cosford.
It was believed that the pilot's inexperience in Spitfires, only 3 flying hours, contributed to the accident.
Second Officer Jane WINSTONE (NZ pilot) Air Transport Auxiliary - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5w42/winstone-jane
For Your Tomorrow-A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 ( Volume Fates: 1943-1998) by Errol Martyn.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2011 16:03 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Sep-2011 22:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Nov-2011 10:21 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Dec-2011 12:38 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 28-Dec-2011 12:39 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2012 15:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 10-Jan-2012 02:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 08-Nov-2012 18:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2013 09:40 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2014 07:57 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 06-May-2015 22:57 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jun-2015 07:29 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 20:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jan-2021 22:24 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2023 07:25 | Nepa | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
| 01-Nov-2023 20:11 | angels one five | Updated [[[Source, Narrative]]] |
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