ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230193
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| Date: | Thursday 20 September 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 61 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | W3207 |
| MSN: | 1659 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
| RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire |
W3207: Spitfire LF. Vb (C/no 1659) First Flown 12-5-41. Delivered to 6 MU RAF Brize Norton 13-5-41. Issued to 609 (West Riding) Squadron 27-5-41. Presentation Spitfire named "Abbotshaugh Falkirk". To Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxfordshire 27-6-41. Delivered to 222 (Natal) Squadron 16-9-41. Flying accident 15-7-42. To AST (Airwork Service Training) for repairs then VASM (Vickers Armstrongs South Marston) 21-10-42 for fuel system modifications and Merlin M55 engine installed
To 317 (Polish) Squadron 24-1-43 as "JH-M", then 412 (Canadian) Squadron 29-6-43. To 126 Squadron 10-8-43 then 133 (Eagle) Squadron 17-2-44. To 132 Squadron 7-3-44 then 504 (County of Nottingham) Squadron 15-3-44. To 310 (Czech) Squadron 15-7-44, and lastly to 61 OTU 28-6-45.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when hit truck while taxiing at RAF Keevil, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and aircraft tipped up onto its nose, 20-9-45. Not repaired, Recat E and Struck Off Charge 23-10-45
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.8. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p012.html
3. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/20382
4. https://fyldebbmfund.wordpress.com/gifts-of-war-presentation-spitfires/
5. http://www.techmod.pl/aviation-24/24001-supermarine-spitfire-mk-vb
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?14484-Spitfire-engine-question&p=85675#post85675
7. https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/pictures-of-jan-zumbach.40309/#post-1110820
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2019 21:21 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 27-Oct-2019 22:31 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Aug-2021 05:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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