ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150498
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 616 (South Yorkshire) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3130 |
| MSN: | 401 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near RAF Rochford, Southend, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rochford, Essex |
| RAF Rochford |
N3130: Spitfire Mk I (c/no. 401) First Flown 3-11-39. Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 9-11-39. Issued to 54 Squadron 10-12-39. To AST (Airwork Service Training)17-1-40 for repairs/modifications. Issued to 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron 31-5-40 as "QJ-J" Written off (destroyed) when dived into ground after takeoff from RAF Rochford, Southend, Essex 4-6-40, Struck Off Charge 7-6-40.
According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/766): "Spitfire N3130 crashed near Rochford, 4 June 1940. Pilot Officer E W S Scott: report of death"
Pilot:
P/O (40852) Eric William Stanton SCOTT (Aus.pilot) RAF: killed on active service 04/06/1940, is buried at Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1977)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/766: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14502375
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2427371/scott,-eric-william-stanton/
4. http://www.redtwo.plus.com/616/Welcomehist.htm
5. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/616_squadron.html#0406
6. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1429753
7. http://www.militarian.com/threads/australians-in-the-bob.60/#post-32691
8. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/raaf-burials-in-the-uk-england-wales.18020/#post-208938
9. http://www.memorial.act.gov.au/search/person/scott-eric-william-stanton
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2012 00:52 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Nov-2012 00:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 02-Jun-2013 18:33 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature] |
| 08-Aug-2014 09:13 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2014 09:17 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2015 10:33 | Coumes | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2019 19:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2019 18:44 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Aug-2023 06:49 | angels one five | Updated [[Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]] |
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