Date:	Wednesday 9 July 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:	53 OTU RAF
Registration:	N3230
MSN:	455
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Llan Lane, Llandow, Glamorgan, Glamorganshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	RAF Llandow, Glamorgan
Destination airport:	RAF Llandow, Glamorgan

Narrative:
Spitfire N3230 collided with another Spitfire P9383 (also of 53 OTU) in the vicinity of RAF Llandow. 09/07/1941 Spitfire N3230 came down in a field opposite Llan Lane. The aircraft was completely destroyed by fire.
Crew:
Sgt W Saunders (pilot) RAF - managed to bail out and escape uninjured.

The second aircraft (P9383) crashed into a field at Tydraw Farm, Colwinston, killing the pilot Sgt F.G.T. McGahey.

Frederick George Thomas McGahey is buried at Drumbeg (St Patrick) Church of Ireland Churchyard.
R.I.P.

Aircraft declared Category E. and SOC 15/7/41.

1. Fallen Flyers: Tragedy in the Skies Over Wartime Gower (Wartime Record) Bryngold Books Ltd; First edition (1 May 2005) by Steven H. Jones
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/showthread.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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
06-Dec-2012 15:12	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
20-Jun-2015 09:39	Angel dick one	Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]
01-May-2019 20:58	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
12-Feb-2021 06:14	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
19-Jun-2023 10:01	Nepa	Updated [[Narrative]]