ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 164507
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| Date: | Thursday 12 May 1949 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX (S31) |
| Owner/operator: | F.11 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force) |
| Registration: | 31.041 |
| MSN: | 6S.585100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nyköping AB, Nyköping, Södermanland County -
 Sweden
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nyköping AB, Nyköping, Sweden (ESKN) |
| Nyköping AB, Nyköping, Sweden (ESKN) |
PS880: Spitfire PR. XIX, MSN 6S 585100.Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire, with Griffon G66 engine. Supermarine production prototype with Coffman starter modifications 5-9-44. To 6MU RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 15-3-45. Struck off charge when sold to Vickers Armstrongs (Supermarine) 2-11-48 to Sweden. In 1948 the Swedish Air Force bought fifty Spitfire PR Mk. XIX, the reconnaissance version. In Sweden it received the code S 31, 'S 'for 'Spaning' (reconnaissance). They were all based at F.11 air base at Nyköping, Sweden, where they stayed in service until 1955 when replaced by Saab S 29 Tunnan
Test flown and delivered in "Class B" markings as G-15-52 by Lieutenant Ringborg, Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force)13-4-49; became '31 041' with F.11 Flygvapnet (Swedish Air Force)
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 12-5-49: Crashed on landing at Nyköping AB, Nyköping, Södermanland County, Sweden due to pilot error. Pilot safe. However, not struck off charge until 4-3-52, (possibly used for parts 1949-52?)
Sources:
1. flyghistoria.org
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p091.html
3. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/92005-ps880
4. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PS882
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showpost.php?p=104465&postcount=8
6. https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/spitfire-pr-mk-xix-in-detail/#S31%20%E2%80%93%20Supermarine%20Spitfire%20PR%20Mk%20XIX
7. https://plasticfantastique.com/projects/the-planes-of-the-swedish-air-force/s31-supermarine-spitfire-mk-xix/
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_Skavsta_Airport#Early_years
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2014 07:45 | Masen63 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2023 15:27 | Nepa | Updated |
| 08-Aug-2023 16:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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