ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168016
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Date: | Monday 26 October 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
Owner/operator: | 57 OTU RAF |
Registration: | P8040 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Lower Hall Farm, Picton, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Hawarden |
Narrative:Engine failure. In the course of the ensuing forced landing near Picton, Cheshire, the pilot attempted to avoid
buildings, and the Spitfire stalled and crashed.
Pilot:
Sgt Jan MACHÁLEK RAFVR, received fatal injuries.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4643-Cause-of-Death Revision history:
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22-Jul-2014 03:39 |
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26-Jun-2015 10:24 |
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Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
26-Jun-2015 10:27 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Narrative] |
13-Jan-2018 08:00 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
03-Oct-2019 17:32 |
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