ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168004
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Date: | Saturday 19 June 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
Registration: | P8037 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Gravel Bank Farm, Magdalen, near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Sutton Bridge |
Narrative:Spitfire P8037 was being operated by the Central Gunnery School, RAF, when engine failure caused a wheels up forced landing between Wisbech and Kings Lynn.
The damage was first assessed as Category B, but re-assessed as Cat. E and the aircraft was Struck off Charge on 30/6/43.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Jul-2014 08:27 |
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18-Jun-2015 17:06 |
Angel dick one |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
03-Feb-2021 00:57 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Phase, Source] |
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