ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74099
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| Date: | Thursday 11 December 1941 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 412 (Falcon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AD291 |
| MSN: | AZ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Roxholm, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Digby |
| RAF Wellingore |
A flight of four Spitfires from No.412 Squadron, RCAF was descending at speed through a break in the cloud layer when one of them (AZ-H) collided with an Airspeed Oxford T1052 just below the cloud base and about 1,400 feet above the ground.
Both aircraft crashed. A witness said the pilot of the Spitfire attempted to bale out but his plane hit the ground before he could get clear.
P/O (J/5823) John Gillespie Magee Jnr RCAF, killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
He is remembered today for the poem 'High Flight' written while he was attending No. 53 Operational Training Unit at Llandow in Wales where he learned to fly Spitfires.
John Magee is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Scopwick.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gillespie_Magee,_Jr.
http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/High_Flight-Magee-AD291.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=5823&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
RCAF archives from microfils at DND Archives Canada
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ad291&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Magee's personnel records from VAC Archives Canada
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/ad291/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2010 22:59 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Apr-2010 00:22 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 29-Apr-2010 11:16 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-May-2010 02:41 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2010 11:00 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 13-Feb-2011 05:05 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:07 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2011 07:07 | Nepa | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2012 01:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2012 06:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:54 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Dec-2012 01:37 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2012 14:19 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2013 01:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2013 08:25 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2013 23:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2015 21:06 | Oezil | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 12-Dec-2021 16:37 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2021 18:47 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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