ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139935
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 543 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3111 |
| MSN: | 382 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Worlington, Devon -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mount Farm, Oxfordshire |
N3111 was built as a standard Spitfire Mark I eight-gun fighter.
It first flew on 24/10/39.
Converted later to a PR version powered with a Merlin 45 engine, N3111 was being operated by 543 Sqn when it spun in and burned on 26/2/43.
N3111 was nick-named 'The Brest Express'.
SOC.
Pilot: Flt/Lt Robert Wiseman DONALDSON, 31217, RAF is buried at Exeter Higher Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
CWGS
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2011 12:37 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Jan-2012 11:11 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 09-Nov-2012 17:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2013 06:31 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source] |
| 06-Jun-2015 16:08 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 11-Aug-2019 07:52 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2021 09:21 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative] |
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