ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181691
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 December 1947 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IXe |
| Owner/operator: | 331 Skv. Luftfartsverket (RNoAF) |
| Registration: | MJ931 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gardermoen Air Station, Ullensaker, in Viken county, Oslo -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gardermoen Air Station, Norway |
MJ931: Spitfire LF. IX, built by CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Merlin M66 engine. To 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 4-1-44. To 312 (Czechoslovak) Squadron RAF coded 'DU-L' 31-1-44. In January 1944, 312 squadron was re-equipped with the Spitfire Mk IX. From 20-2-44 it spent a few days at RAF Mendlesham in Suffolk, before moving on 23-2-44 to RAF Rochford in Essex. On 3-4-44 the squadron moved to RAF Appledram in West Sussex. From here, its operations included intercepting V-1 flying bombs, escorting bombers and attacking rail and road targets in German-occupied Europe.
To AST (Air Service Training) 25-5-44. To 302 (City of Poznan) Polish Fighter Squadron, RAF Chailey, West Sussex 9-11-44. Returned to AST (Air Service Training) 8-12-44. To 331 (Norwegian) Squadron RAF coded 'FN-L' 10-5-45. To 331 Squadron, Royal Norwegian Air Force 21-9-45 as 'A-AI'
Minor accident 3-5-46 at Gardermoen. During landing after a training flight, Sgt. E. Magnussøn came in with high speed. He did not manage to stop the aircraft before the end of the runway and continued into a sandy area causing the aircraft to nose over. The pilot was unhurt. Total airframe hours at the time of accident were 219:30.
Major accident 16-12-47 at Gardermoen, Oslo when collided with PL448/A-AU during take-off. Both aircraft were destroyed; PL448/A-AU was destroyed by fire and the pilot was killed. The pilot of Spitfire MJ931/A-AI survived
Sources:
1. http://flyblader.com/onewebmedia/Nr%201%20Spitfire%20IX.pdf
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p068.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/85662-mj931
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/13567
5. Spitfire LF IXe RAF 331Sqn FNL MJ931 RAF Dyce Scotland May 1945: https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/RAF-331Sqn-FN/pages/Spitfire-LFIXe-RAF-331Sqn-FNL-MJ931-RAF-Dyce-Scotland-May-1945-profile-by-Eduard-0A.html
6. https://aeroflight.co.uk/waf/norway/af/types/af-spitfire.htm
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._312_(Czechoslovak)_Squadron_RAF#History
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._302_Polish_Fighter_Squadron#History
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._331_Squadron_RAF
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Airport,_Gardermoen#Military_and_secondary
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Nov-2015 18:49 | TB | Added |
| 25-Nov-2015 17:26 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2015 18:32 | TB | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 26-Aug-2023 20:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [[Total occupants]] |
| 27-Aug-2023 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [[[Total occupants]]] |
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