ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 255228
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| Date: | Saturday 5 February 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIb |
| Owner/operator: | 57 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P8647 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Eshott, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Eshott, Northumberland |
On the 5th of February,1944, Spitfire IIb P8647 swung on landing at RAF Eshott and overturned.
At first assessed as having Category CB damage the aircraft was re-assessed as Cat.E on the 1st of March and written off the books.
The operating unit of this Spitfire at the time is not clear but as No.57 OTU was a Spitfire unit, and the major unit at Eshott, it is likely that P8647 was one of their aircraft.
Sources:
1.Spitfire production list.
2. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/P8647
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/download.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2021 02:48 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-May-2021 06:51 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 01-May-2021 11:45 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Operator] |
| 21-May-2021 19:27 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
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