Date:	Thursday 11 September 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:	53 OTU RAF
Registration:	K9976
MSN:	190
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Ty-draw (Newydd) Farm, New Barn, nr Pickeston, Flemingstone, Glamorgan -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Llandow, Glamorgan
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Spitfire K9976: Spun into the ground after engine failure. 11/09/1941.
Crashed at Ty-draw (Newydd) Farm, New Barn, near Pickeston, Flemingstone. SOC 18-9-41 as Cat.E.

Sgt (R/67226) Richard Edward McMURRAY (pilot) RCAF - killed.
R.I.P.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. Glamorganshire Police reports for 1939-41. (Glam PRO; DCON/279/7)
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2717392/mcmurray,-richard-edward/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1176-Spitfire-K9976-53-OTU-11-9-1941
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) Fil AIR 81/8988: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16924830

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
04-Mar-2011 04:09	angels one five	Added
28-Dec-2011 07:20	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
09-Jan-2012 01:09	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport]
09-Jan-2012 06:21	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source]
23-Jan-2012 02:19	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type]
23-Jan-2012 02:20	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
23-Nov-2012 18:15	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
27-Mar-2015 23:51	angels one five	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
16-Jul-2015 20:28	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator, Narrative]
10-May-2019 21:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-May-2019 11:01	stehlik49	Updated [Operator]
07-Feb-2021 19:57	angels one five	Updated [Time, Narrative]
05-Jul-2023 16:40	Nepa	Updated [[Time, Narrative]]
09-Oct-2023 07:58	angels one five	Updated [[[Time, Narrative]]]