ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90990
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| Date: | Saturday 22 November 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 131 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P7560 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dale Mead Farm, near Harpur Hill, Derbyshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Atcham |
| RAF Atcham |
On 22 November 1941 Flt Sgt Clive Roy Briggs RAAF of 131 Sqn RAF was on a training flight from Atcham. He wandered into the high ground around Buxton after becoming disorientated in poor weather. He pulled up sharply to avoid striking a hill and lost control of the aircraft, at this he abandoned his aircraft, which crashed on Harpur Hill, a small village on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire. The aircraft struck a barn adjacent to Dale Mead Farm and ended up in the yard. The pilot came down in a field below the farm and walked up to the house carrying his parachute. He was uninjured.
Sources:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/peak-district/supermarine-spitfire-p7560-buxton/
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/category/crash_sites/peak-district/
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p004.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpur_Hill
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=53.237000&lon=-1.904000&z=13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Aug-2013 07:05 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2013 07:08 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2015 20:21 | Erectus | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 23-Nov-2015 19:36 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 03:20 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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