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| Date: | Friday 12 April 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 234 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3281 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Leconfield |
Spitfire N3281: Suffered failure of undercarriage to lower & crash. 12/04/1940
On 12th April 1940 the undercarriage of this 234 Squadron aircraft failed to lower properly and remained un-noticed by the pilot who landed at Leconfield as normal. The undercarriage collapsed on touching down but the damaged aircraft was later repaired in 60 MU RAF
Crew:
P/O (NZ42133) Keith Ashley LAWRENCE (Pilot) RNZAF : Ok
Sources:
https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/n3281.html
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 11:30 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Dec-2011 10:17 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2012 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 04-Nov-2012 19:09 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Sep-2014 05:50 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2014 17:07 | Xindel X | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, ] |
| 08-May-2015 22:41 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 02-Jun-2015 13:11 | Fuxs | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, ] |
| 24-Jan-2016 06:14 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Feb-2016 10:24 | BlB | Updated [Cn, Operator, ] |
| 09-Mar-2020 15:51 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
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