ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90938
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P9383 |
| MSN: | 566 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tydraw Farm, Colwinston, Glamorganshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
| RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Spitfire P9383 collided with Spitfire N3230 (also of 53 OTU, RAF) in the vicinity of RAF Llandow. 09/07/1941 Spitfire N3230 came down in a field opposite Llan Lane and was completely destroyed by fire.
The pilot managed to bail out and escape uninjured.
Spitfire P9383 crashed into a field at Tydraw Farm, Colwinston, Glamorgan. The pilot did not bail out and was killed. Aircraft SOC 14.7.41.
Crew:
Sgt (1032375) Frederick George Thomas McGahey (pilot) RAFVR - killed.
Buried Drumbeg (St. Patrick) Church Of Ireland Churchyard, Sec. G.2. Grave 8.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Fallen Flyers: Tragedy in the Skies Over Wartime Gower (Wartime Record) Bryngold Books Ltd.
2. Glamorganshire Police reports for 1939-41. (Glam PRO; DCON/279/7)
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/php?14000-Spitfire-N3230-53-OTU-crashed-and-d-b-f-9-7-41
5. http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009/07/events-for-9th-july.html
6. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p003.html
7. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/p9383.html
8. https://www.ww2ni.com/countydownpart3.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2012 15:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2012 15:59 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 20:23 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2019 21:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 10:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-May-2021 20:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2023 09:53 | Nepa | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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