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Date: | Friday 19 October 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk XI |
Owner/operator: | 682 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PL881 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | San Severo airfield. -
Italy
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | San Severo, Italy |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Spitfire PL881:Delivered to the RAF at 6MU Brize Norton 10-7-44. To RAF Benson 4-10-44. Issued to 400 Squadron 26-10-44. To BAFO Comm Wing 27-9-45. Then to 682 Squadron, RAF. FACE (Flying Accident Category E) 19-10-45, possibly near the 682 Squadron home base of San Severo, Italy.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.7. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p088.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Sep-2013 08:19 |
JINX |
Added |
13-Nov-2014 17:28 |
Siczak |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
02-Nov-2019 01:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Feb-2021 10:07 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |