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Date: | Tuesday 4 August 1953 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | HCCS RAF |
Registration: | TE395 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire (EGLM) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TE395: Spitfire LF.XVI. Delivered to the RAF at 9MU Cosford 13-6-45. First issued to 601 (County of London) Squadron, coded "HT-D" 15-4-47. Presumed withdrawn from service and stored sometime after November 1949, when 601 Squadron converted to the DH Vampire FB.3. To HQ HCCS (Headquarters Flight, Home Command Communications Squadron) 10-8-51 at RAF White Waltham
Written off (Damaged beyond repair) 4-8-53 in a take off accident at White Waltham Airfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire. The Spitfire's engine failed during the take off run, due to water contamination in the fuel, and the pilot managed to make a forced landing within the boundaries of White Waltham Airfield. Damage initally assessed as Cat.4(R) ('damaged but repairable') 13-8-53. However, not repaired, and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(C) 18-8-53, and authorised to be broken up as components and scrap.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.147 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p 397
3.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p112.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._601_Squadron_RAF#Postwar_operations Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-May-2021 19:09 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
06-May-2021 19:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
06-May-2021 19:45 |
MiG17 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
07-May-2021 14:45 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |