ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152542
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 March 1942 |
| Time: | 08:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 54 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL785 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wick-Thurso Road, 2 miles W of Watten -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castletown, Scotland |
| RAF Castletown |
The aircraft was carrying out a mock low-level attack on Army lorries as part of a training exercise when it struck one of them and crashed.
The Spitfire pilot was killed, as well as the driver and a passenger in the vehicle.
P/O (NZ401378) Graeme Holt Fenton RNZAF and two soldiers, killed as the result of a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
RAF Casualties-1942
cwgc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2013 13:53 | angels one five | Added |
| 24-Apr-2013 22:28 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2013 19:00 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2013 17:26 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2013 07:17 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 09-Jun-2015 16:50 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2018 03:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2021 23:18 | angels one five | Updated [Phase] |
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