ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22084
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| Date: | Sunday 1 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 65 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9454 |
| MSN: | 617 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tolhurst Farm, just South of Bewl Water, Tilehrst, Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tangmere, West Sussex |
First Flown 6-4-40: Delivered to 8MU 8-4-40. Issued to 92 Squadron 4-6-40. Engine failed force-landed in Area of Crymlyn bog Coedffranc, near Swansea. Pilot, Pilot Officer Bartley safe 5-7-40. To 1 CRU for repairs. Issued to 65 Squadron (as FZ-W) 26-8-40.
Destroyed in air-to-air combat when shot down over Tolhurst Farm, just South of Bewl Water, Tilehurst, Sussex; pilot (Flying Officer J.T. Strang, New Zealander) bailed out over Mayfield, aircraft abandoned destroyed by fire 1-12-40 having caught fire in flight.
Sources:
1. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p009.html
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?6478-Norwegian-Spitfire-where/page2
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/07502.php
4. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2008 23:16 | Anon. | Added |
| 30-Dec-2011 05:24 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 15-Jan-2012 14:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 24-Nov-2012 00:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 28-Apr-2019 23:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2019 08:27 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2021 17:34 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2023 09:06 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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