ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160968
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| Date: | Sunday 1 April 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX |
| Owner/operator: | 541 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PS831 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire |
| RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Spitfire PS831 is reported to have stalled, spun, and crashed, only moments after becoming airborne from RAF Boscombe Down on a return flight to RAF Benson. The plane burned but while the pilot, AOC of No.106 (PR) Group, was thrown clear he was found dead.
Pilot:
Air Commodore (26046) David John WAGHORN CBE AFC RAF - killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Spitfire production list
2. RAFweb.org Casualties-1945
3. RAF Commands Forum
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2013 20:48 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Nov-2013 00:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2014 22:53 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2014 10:14 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 07-Mar-2014 12:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2014 08:26 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2014 22:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2015 10:48 | Griffon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Mar-2015 06:46 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2015 18:34 | Gerrard | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 05-Mar-2020 20:45 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2020 01:04 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2021 22:52 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 10:39 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2023 20:41 | angels one five | Updated [[Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator]] |
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