ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175249
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| Date: | Thursday 20 May 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb |
| Owner/operator: | AFDU RAF |
| Registration: | P8382 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Duxford, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Duxford |
Presentation aircraft named " Concrete " and bought for the RAF by Portland Cement.
Spitfire P8382 was being operated from Duxford by the Air Fighting Development Unit, RAF, when on 20/5/43 its pilot attempted to take off downwind, resulting in the plane striking an obstacle and being wrecked.
Declared Category E and written off the books.
Crew:
F/Lt (P-0169) Wladyslaw Walendowski (pilot) Polish AF, survived the crash with serious injuries.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
Gifts of War
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2015 08:39 | angels one five | Added |
| 16-Jul-2015 20:08 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2021 03:09 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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