ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90940
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| Date: | Thursday 10 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X4988 |
| MSN: | 1408 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Llan Lane, Marcross, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
| RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Spitfire X4988: Stalled during practice dogfight and spun into the ground into a field adjoining Llan Lane Marcross, Vale of Glamorgan, 10/07/1941. Aircrft wrecked, declared Cat. E and SOC 22/7/41
Crew:
Sgt (R/54382) Marion Arthur Plomteaux (pilot) RCAF (although from Albuquerque, New Mexico) - killed.
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.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p016.html
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/02086.php
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2717404/plomteaux,-marion-arthur/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Dec-2012 15:56 | 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] |
| 16-Jul-2015 20:24 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2019 21:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 10:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Apr-2021 01:25 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2023 10:04 | Nepa | Updated [[Phase, Narrative]] |
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