ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90242
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| Date: | Monday 13 March 1944 |
| Time: | 13:06 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EN237 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Lympne, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Friston, Sussex |
| RAF Lympne, Kent |
F/O David John Shea RCAF was killed while attempting to land EN237 in high winds at Lympne, on
return from an ASR mission.
A near-gale was blowing and a landing back at Friston was declared unsafe.
Red Section of 'A' flight was ordered to land at Lympne, where conditions were a little better.
During the turn on to final approach EN237's engine cut out and the aircraft stalled and crashed in trees just southeast of Lympne.
An examination of the engine and fuel system controls showed that the pilot may not have followed the usual procedure of switching to the jettison ( or auxiliary ) tank after taking off, and had exhausted the contents of the main tank at a crucial point in the approach.
EN237 wore the squadron identity code letters EB-V, and had flown for a total of 281 hours and 15 minutes.
David Shea is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050316110146/http://brew.clients.ch:80/EN221-238.htm#The
41 Sqdn ORB for 13/3/44.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2011 13:29 | ThW | Added |
| 17-Feb-2011 13:44 | ThW | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 07-Sep-2011 05:28 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2012 11:31 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2012 18:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2012 06:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 09-Jan-2012 16:13 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 10-Jan-2012 11:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 04-Nov-2012 02:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2013 17:31 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 15-Aug-2013 05:39 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Aug-2013 19:01 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 08:49 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:43 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 28-Nov-2019 07:35 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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