ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 21896
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P7550 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Quixwood Farm, Grantshouse, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
Spitfire Mk IIa P7550: Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 25-10-40. Issued to 603(City of Edinburgh) Squadron on 5-11-40 as "XT-W". Written off (destroyed) when the aircraft crashed during a snowstorm at Quixwood Farm, Grantshouse, Duns, Berwickshire, killing the pilot.
Pilot: Sgt (754818) Bernard Clare WEBBER RAFVR - killed.
R.I.P.
Struck Off Charge as Cat.E (F/A) on 9-1-41
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p004.html
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2812511/webber,-bernard-clare/
4. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4734: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688832
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?2264&p=11780#11780
6. http://disc.yourwebapps.com/discussion.cgi?disc=244414;article=1138
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Aug-2008 10:29 | Anon. | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 05:55 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 14:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Nov-2012 17:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 13-Aug-2013 00:23 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Nature] |
| 24-Mar-2015 05:40 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2015 06:47 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 00:00 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-May-2019 00:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 08:05 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2023 06:29 | angels one five | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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