Mid-air collision Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I X4914,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166586
 
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Date:Thursday 17 June 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:58 OTU RAF
Registration: X4914
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Near Alloa, Clackmannanshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Grangemouth, Stirlingshire
Destination airport:RAF Grangemouth
Narrative:
Collided in the air with Spitfire P7978 during a training flight.
The pilot of X4914 did not survive.
Sgt Reginald Harold Edwin Hollis RAFVR - killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.

Sources:

Spitfire production list
CWGC
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wwshack/Misc/58OTURollOfHonour.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-May-2014 20:39 angels one five Added
16-Jul-2015 19:41 Angel dick five Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
20-Feb-2019 06:00 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
30-Jul-2020 03:08 angels one five Updated [Phase]

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