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Date: | Wednesday 31 October 1956 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 187 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TE407 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Kirkbride, Cumberland |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TE407: Spitfire LFXVI . Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 15-6-45. To Heston Aircraft Ltd 7-3-46. first issued for service with 65 Squadron 8-4-46. Thence to 164 Squadron as 'UB-E' 11-7-46, renumbered as 63 Squadron (still as 'UB-E') 3-9-46. To 203 AFS 6-5-48. Then to 226 OCU, APS (Armament Practice Station) RAF Acklington, 1 CAACU (Civilian Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit), and lastly with 187 Squadron
Written off 31.10.1956: A wing struck the runway on landing at Kirkbride, Cumberland. It swung off the runway causing the undercarriage to collapse. Damage initially assessed as Cat.3(R). However, not repaired; instead struck off charge as Cat.5(s) and sold for scrap to Lawsons Metals 29.1.57
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.183 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p.35)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.219
4.
http://www.spitfires.ukf.net/p112.htm 5.
http://www.ukserials.com/losses-1956.htm 6.
http://www.worldnavalships.com/directory/airframeprofile.php?FrameID=22330 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Mar-2013 00:48 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
09-Apr-2013 07:57 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location] |
13-Jul-2020 23:59 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
30-Jun-2023 18:07 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |