ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239941
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| Date: | Friday 19 December 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 312 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BL293 |
| MSN: | DU-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Burnfoot Farm, Darvel, east of Kilmarnock, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ayr, South Ayrshire |
Sgt Jaroslav A R Kuchera (Czech): killed; F/Sgt Vojtěch Smolik (Czech): uninjured; mid air collision near New Milns, Scotland, between Spitfire BL293 and Spitfire AD539, 312 Squadron, 19 December 1941.
On 19th December 1941 he took off together with F/Sgt. Vojtech Smolik for a camera-gun training flight. Kucera's Spitfire Vb BL293 collided in a mock dogfight with Smolik's AD539.
Smolik baled out succesfully but Kucera was killed when his aircraft came down at Burnfoot Farm, Darvel, east of Kilmarnock.
Sources:
AIR81/11068
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 January 1942 | BL516 | 312 Sqn RAF | 0 | at Lliney Head | |
w/o |
| 21 March 1942 | BL381 | 312 Sqn RAF | 0 | near RAF Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales | |
w/o |
| 27 April 1942 | AD553 | 312 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Axbridge, Somerset, England | |
w/o |
| 19 May 1942 | AR319 | 312 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Warmwell, Dorset, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2020 16:08 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
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