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Date: | Saturday 8 September 1951 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 102 FRS RAF |
Registration: | SM512 |
MSN: | CBAF.10156 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Snaith, East Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Snaith, East Yorkshire, |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Spitfire LF.XVI SM512: Delivered to the RAF at 39 MU 30-11-44. First issued to 443 (Canadian) Squadron 18-1-45. To 412 (Canadian) Squadron 24-5-45. To 402 (Canadian) Squadron 28-6-45. To 102 FRS 26-4-51
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine cut, crashed in forced landing near Snaith, East Yorkshire. Struck off charge as Cat.5(c) 8-9-51.
Sources:
1. Broken Wings: Post War Royal Air Force Accidents (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1999 p.119)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Takeoff: A Record of RAF Losses 1950-1953 by Colin Cummings p.175
4.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SM512 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p101.html 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snaith Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Sep-2020 20:50 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
18-Sep-2020 07:05 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |