Mid-air collision Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa P7598,
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Date:Sunday 16 August 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa
Owner/operator:57 OTU RAF
Registration: P7598
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Hawarden, Flintshire
Destination airport:RAF Hawarden
Narrative:
In mid-air collision with Spitfire P7549 of the same unit. Crashed.
Pilot:
F/Sgt John Lawrence Douglas Brophy, RCAF - killed.
R.I.P.

Sources:

RAF Casualties-1942

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Aug-2013 08:51 angels one five Added
12-Aug-2013 08:52 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]
26-Jun-2015 10:41 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Jan-2020 15:51 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]

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