ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239981
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| Date: | Sunday 11 January 1942 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 313 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AD424 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
| RAF Hornchurch, Essex |
Spitfire AD424 crashed at RAF Hornchurch during take off for an operational flight, 11 January 1942.
"Four aircraft of the Czech squadron No 313 took off at 9.50am on 11th January, for convoy patrol. The weather started to deteriorate and they were told to head to Rochford. Only three arrived, for Blue 4, Sergeant Pilot Joseph Valenta, for reasons unknown crashed into a field near the anti-aircraft gun positions, adjoining the southern perimeter of the airfield and was killed. This happened at 10.05 am."
Valenta was delayed on the take off for about 10 min after the other 3 Spitfires. When he finally get airborne the weather was so bad that he decided to land. He turned back and the ground staff saw how he passed hangars at aheight of about 230 ft, but in second turn his Spitfire lost speed and crashed in the airfield vicinity.
Pilot:
Sergeant (787681) Josef VALENTA (Cs) : killed;
Sources:
https://ceskoslovenstiletci.cz/313-perut/
AIR81/11509
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2020 10:45 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 29-Nov-2020 08:43 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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