ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90089
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| Date: | Monday 21 October 1940 |
| Time: | 12:50 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 266 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X4265 |
| MSN: | 1063 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
The Spitfire was landed at Stradishall for refueling.
The aircraft crashed on taking off for its base at Wittering.
SOC 25/10/40.
Pilot:
P/O (42173) Wycliffe Stuart Williams RAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list.
RAF Casualties-1940.
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2011 17:06 | angels one five | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 12:50 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 23:06 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2012 18:15 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2013 10:35 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2014 22:49 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2015 12:58 | Xindel X | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2019 01:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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