ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150989
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| Date: | Saturday 6 February 1943 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N3221 |
| MSN: | 446 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonvilston, about 7 miles E of RAF Llandow, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
| RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Spitfire Mk I N3221, 53 OTU, RAF. Written off (destroyed) 6-2-43 at Bonvilston, about 7 miles east of RAF Llandow. The Spitfire broke up in the air during local flying. It may have touched the ground while low flying, before climbing away and disintegrating. Wreckage was widely scattered and pieces were recorded found in fields below Pendoylan.
According to a report in the "Barry and District News" (5-8-2010 - see link #3)
"Flying Officer Neville Alexander Thomas Fleming, aged 20, of the Royal Australian Air Force, came from Red Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and is buried at Llantwit Major Cemetery.
He was flying a Spitfire on a non-operational day training flight but crashed on February 6, 1943 at Pendoylan and was killed. A Flying Accident Report stated: "Fleming was detailed to fly No.3 in a formation flying exercise being led by Flt Lt Plagis, and after one hour fifteen minutes of formation flying, Plagis broke up the formation, preparatory to landing.
He instructed his No 2 and No 3 to carry out local flying and to pancake after 1 hour 30 minutes flying. Plagis landed at 10.19 hours, his No.2 at 10.25 hours. Fleming, who was overdue after 1 hour 30 minutes flying, was called up by R/T Ops. But no reply was received.
At 10.40 hours a report was received that a Spitfire had crashed and burned, seven miles northeast of base. This was N3221."
Pilot: Flying Officer Neville Alexander Thomas Fleming (Service Number 414217) RAAF, buried Llantwit Major Cemetery, Sec. C. Grave 38
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p003.html
3. http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/letters/8312414.War_graves_at_Llantwit_Major/
4. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2717376/fleming,-neville-alexander-thomas/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2012 13:52 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Dec-2012 14:24 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 09:27 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 22:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2019 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2019 07:05 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2019 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2019 20:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Jan-2021 21:23 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 24-Aug-2021 08:27 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2023 01:17 | angels one five | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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