Hard landing Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I N3099,
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Date:Saturday 13 July 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:41 Sqn RAF
Registration: N3099
MSN: 370
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Far Greetham, West Hartlepool, County Durham, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft landed heavily causing the collapse of its undercarriage
Crew:
P/O (81641) Gerald Archibald Langley (pilot) RAFVR: Ok.

Gerald Langley was KIA on 15th September, 1940.
R.I.P.

Sources:

Spitfire production list

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 August 1941 N3099 58 OTU RAF 1 Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
03-Aug-2008 11:29 Anon. Added
19-Dec-2011 00:20 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative]
26-Dec-2011 12:57 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Source]
05-Nov-2012 00:34 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
12-Feb-2021 03:18 angels one five Updated [Source, Narrative]

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