Date:	Sunday 20 August 1950
Time:	08:40
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22
Owner/operator:	607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF
Registration:	PK393
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Alnwick, near RAF Boulmer, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Ouston, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Boulmer, Northumberland
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
On 20th August 1950 a number of 607 Squadron Spitfires were undertaking a training flight, probably as training prior to taking part in the upcoming Battle of Britain "At Home" display. One aircraft, Spitfire F.22 PK393/"LA-D" was force landed in a field near Alnwick, Northumberland while attempting to make a forced landing at RAF Boulmer, with the pilot F/O D. Curran sustaining injuries. The other aircraft in the formation continued their flight but ran into poor weather.

1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.105 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.75
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html
5. http://www.fusilier.co.uk/alnmouth_northumberland/history_of_raf_boulmer.html
6. http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm
7. 607 (County of Durham) Squadron ORB (Operations Record Book)(Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) - for period 1/6/1946 to 31/12/1950: File AIR 27/2511 at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2505149
8. https://sites.google.com/view/raf-ouston-research/flying-units-aircraft

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2013 03:30	JINX	Added
02-Mar-2014 18:29	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location]
19-Jul-2015 20:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Jul-2015 20:46	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities]
22-Mar-2019 15:51	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source]
28-Dec-2020 22:19	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
28-Dec-2020 22:20	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
28-Dec-2020 22:23	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Source]
27-Aug-2023 09:17	Nepa	Updated [[Source]]