ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224461
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| Date: | Saturday 2 May 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 312 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL470 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kilvrough Farmyard, South Gower Road, Parkmill, Gower, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairwood Common, West Glamorgan |
| RAF Fairwood Common |
Delivered to RAF at 24 MU 6-12-41. Issued to 312 (Czech) Squadron 6-1-42 (as "DU-J"). Written off (destroyed) when collided with Spitfire BL231 on take-off from RAF Fairwood Common, Swansea, West Glamorgan, South Wales, 2-5-42. Sgt Frantisek Vaculik’s aircraft (BL231) caught the tail of BL470, causing it to break off. The aircraft crashed into Kilvrough Farmyard on South Gower Road (the present day A4118), at Park Mill, Gower.
Pilot of Spitfire BL470, Pilot Officer Josef Janeba (Service Number 113884, aged 27) bailed out too low and was killed.
Sources:
1. Fallen Flyers: Tragedy in the Skies Over Wartime Gower (Wartime Record) Bryngold Books Ltd; First edition (1 May 2005) by Steven H. Jones
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p023.html
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeas Wales.
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2717286/janeba,-josef/
5. https://fcafa.com/2012/09/19/spitfire-aircraft-of-310-sqn-312-sqn-and-313-sqn/
6. https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/696298792361595979
7. http://nase-blesno.cz/obecni-historie/pilot-janeba (Czech text)
8. https://www.welshwildlife.org/nature-reserve/kilvrough-manor-woods-redden-hill-parkmill-gower-swansea/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Apr-2019 00:58 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 29-Apr-2019 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2019 08:28 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2019 17:34 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
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