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Date: | Monday 1 May 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF.XVI |
Owner/operator: | 1 PRFU RAF |
Registration: | TE247 |
MSN: | CBAF.11296 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 3 miles SW of RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Spitfire TE247 Delivered to 19MU RAF St. Athan 30-4-45. Issued to 411 (Canadian) Squadron on 7-6-45.(The squadron disbanded at Fassberg in Germany on 3-7-45). Transferred to 401 (Canadian) Squadron 23-6-45, shortly before this. Withdrawn to storage when 411 Squadron disbanded at Utersen, Germany, on 21-3-1946. Next issued to 1 PRFU (1 Photo-Recce Flying Unit) at RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 28-8-47
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when ran out of fuel and crashed 3 miles South West of RAF Finningley, Doncaster, South Yorkshire 1-5-50. Damage assessment as FAC.5(s) (Flying Accident Cat.5 (Scrap)). Not repaired, Struck off charge and sold to AFD as scrap 12-5-50
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.101 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.53
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p111.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/401_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron#End_of_the_war_and_disbandment 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._411_Squadron_RCAF#History Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Dec-2020 21:06 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
23-Dec-2020 10:08 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |