ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246831
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| Date: | Thursday 5 April 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
| Owner/operator: | 101 FRS RAF |
| Registration: | SL616 |
| MSN: | CBAF. |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire. England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
| RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
SL616: Spitfire LF,XVI Delivered to the RAF at 6MU Brize Norton 10-8-45. First issued to 17 OTU 9-9-46. To 1 PRFU 18-8-47, then to 101 FRS (Flying Refresher School) RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire
Stalled on landing and wing hit runway on landing at Finningley 5-4-51. Damage assessed as FAC.3(R) (Flying Accident Cat.3(R)) and therefore repairable. No reported injuries to the pilot. Not repaired, relegated to Cat.5(G/I) as Ground Instructional airframe 6885M 31-8-51. Issued to 14 SoTT (School of Technical Training) RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire. Finally Struck Off Charge 17-7-59 as Cat.5(scrap)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.112 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.126
4. 101 FRS ORB (Operations Record Book) (Air Ministry Form AM/F.540) for the period 1/1/1951 to
31/1/1952: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/2319/1 at hhttps://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7163235
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p099.html
6. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/SL616
7. http://rafbrizenorton.yolasite.com/planes-handled.php
8. https://www.scribd.com/document/194500616/A-History-of-Royal-Air-Force-Brize-Norton
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._215_Advanced_Flying_School_RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2021 18:31 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 16-Jan-2021 20:07 | Koumas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2021 02:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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