Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I N3242,
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Date:Thursday 28 November 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:602 (City of Glasgow) Sqn RAF
Registration: N3242
MSN: 465
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:Rill Farm, Isle of Wight -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Westhampnett, Sussex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Cat. C2 damage on ops.
To AST for repairs and conversion to Mark Va with Merlin 45 engine.
Reported to be lost in sea, 9 December 1941, with 603 Sqdn.

Sources:

Battle in The Skies over the Isle of Wight
H J T Leal
Isle of Wight County Press. 1988

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jan-2010 04:36 John Baker Added
13-Feb-2011 22:44 angels one five Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Phase, Nature, Embed code, Damage, Narrative]
29-Dec-2011 02:11 rvargast17 Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Narrative]
30-Dec-2011 05:36 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Embed code]
24-Nov-2012 00:30 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
06-Nov-2013 07:13 angels one five Updated [Operator, Total fatalities]
01-Jun-2015 16:30 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Departure airport]

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