ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153535
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| Date: | Friday 7 November 1941 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 1401 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | P9550 |
| MSN: | 678 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea, about 500 yards off Beachy Head -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton |
| RAF Hawkinge |
P9550 first flew on the 6th of May, 1940 as a Mark I eight-gun fighter and was later converted to a PR III, and then to a PR V with a Merlin 45 engine.
It failed to return to base from a weather recce flight over Germany and was seen to crash in the sea off Beachy Head.
The pilot, P/O Frank Clive George Wilson is buried in Esher (Cobham) Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list.
RAF Casualties-1941.
RAF Commands Forum.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2013 16:08 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jun-2013 10:30 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2013 06:57 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 25-Sep-2013 00:20 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 24-May-2015 20:06 | Ing Edcker | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator] |
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