ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239072
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| Date: | Thursday 24 July 1941 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1a |
| Owner/operator: | 303 (Warsaw-Koscuisco) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X4590 |
| MSN: | 6S/81254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Speke (EGGP) Lancashire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool (Speke) Airport, (EGGP), Lancashire, UK |
| Liverpool (Speke) Airport, (EGGP), Lancashire, UK |
FLt Lt.Stefan Kolodynski, while carrying out his first Spitfire flight, collided with a pile of rubble when carrying a cross wind landing at RAF Speke, Liverpool.
Sources:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/78-A-872-Spitfire-1-X4590.pdf
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/spitfire-x4590.html
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=707
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 October 1940 | X4590 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire, England | |
sub |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
| 9 March 1943 | X4590 | 53 OCU RAF | 0 | RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales | |
sub |
Images:
RAF Upper Heyford (EGUA), Oxfordshire, UK - 19th June 1971
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London, UK - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2020 14:31 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 04-Aug-2020 19:36 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2020 17:45 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 09-Aug-2020 14:54 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 11-Aug-2020 17:12 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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