ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181690
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| Date: | Thursday 30 September 1948 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 331 skv. Luftforsvaret (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | PL221 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gardermoen, Oslo -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stavanger, Norway |
| Gardermoen, Oslo, Norway |
Spitfire PL221: Bulit at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 17-6-44. To 340 (GC IV/2 Île-de-France) (Free French) Squadron RAF coded 'GW-X' later 'GW-Y' 6-7-44. Posted as "missing" (Failed to Return) from combat operations 26-7-44. Cancelled and re-cat A 27-7-44. To DeHavilland 18-8-44 for repairs and new propellor fitment. To 331 (Norwegian) Squadron coded 'FN-N' 10-5-45. To R No AF (Royal Norwegian Air Force) as 'A-AL' still with 331 Squadron, when squadron was transferred to the R No AF on 21-11-45
Accident 30.04.46 at Gardermoen. Following a local training flight, Sgt. M. Sandvik landed at Gardermoen airfield. Some 50 meters after touch-down, the plane turned off the runway and on to the grass. It ended up on the nose when stopped by a small ditch. The pilot received no injuries. The plane belonged to Feltflyvingen at the time of the accident.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 30-9-48 when overturned on landing at Gardermoen, Oslo, Norway. Total airframe hours 138:15.
Sources:
1. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%201%20Spitfire%20IX.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p086.html
3. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PL221
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/86986-pl221
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._340_Squadron_RAF
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RAF
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Gardermoen#History
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2015 18:46 | TB | Added |
| 24-Nov-2015 20:31 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
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