ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225398
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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X4720 |
| MSN: | 1282 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Porthcawl Golf Course, Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
| RAF Llandow, South Wales |
Spitfire X4720: First Flown 9-11-40. Delivered to the RAF at 39 MU 14-11-40. First issued to 66 Squadron 15-4-41. transferred to 501 Squadron (as "SD-L") 24-4-41. To 53 OTU 24-5-41
Written off (damaged beyond repair): The aircraft crashed when the engine failed, and the aircraft made a wheels up landing and overturned on touchdown at Porthcawl Golf Course, Rest Bay, Pothcawl, Glamorgan on 25-7-1941
Sources:
1. Halley, J, 1984, Air Britain, Royal Air force Aircraft X1000-X9999, Z1000-Z9999
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p015.html
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2019 01:27 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 25-May-2019 10:59 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2019 07:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Jul-2023 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [[Aircraft type]] |
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