ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150919
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| Date: | Monday 26 January 1942 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 57 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X4164 |
| MSN: | 1003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sealand, Flintshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 26 January 1942, the Spitfire Mk I K9863 of Sous-lieutenant Louis François Sylvain Ricard-Cordingley, a pilot under training with 57 OTU RAF, collided near Sealand during a training flight, with Spitfire Mk I X4164 of the same unit flown by a Polish airman, Flg Off. Roman Suwalski P.76757. Both pilots were killed.
Roman Suwalski was born on 4 November 1917 in Przechowo, Poland.
He is buried at Hawarden Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6141-Richard-Cordingly
http://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/client/mdh/militaires_decedes_seconde_guerre_mondiale/detail_fiche.php?ref=1817643&debut=0
http://listakrzystka.pl/?p=278960
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p014.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealand,_Flintshire
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/north-west/cheshire-county/sealand/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2012 20:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-Mar-2015 23:59 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2015 00:19 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2015 10:20 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2016 07:35 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2017 11:17 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2021 16:09 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2021 03:16 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 22-Apr-2021 03:59 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
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