ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139997
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| Date: | Thursday 25 September 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | N3166 |
| MSN: | 408 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Llandow, South Glamorgan |
Another Eastleigh machine, number 408, powered by a Rolls Royce Merlin III.
First flew on the 8th November 1939 and posted straight to 602 Squadron. 602 Squadron spent the early part of the war and Battle of Britain on defensive duties in Scotland. In August 1940, it moved south to join the battle, returning to Scotland in December. N3166 was heavily involved and it seems suffered no damage!
It is not recorded when N3166 came to 53OTU. On the 25th September 1941she suffered a non fatal accident when the trainee pupil misjudged the airspeed and landed too fast and overran the runway and ended up in a thick hedge.
Crew:
Sgt Trevor Arnold Hiddelston 23yo 400713 RAAF. Pilot. Safe.
Wreckage:
Nothing remains.
Overshot landing.
Written off.
Sources:
Spitfire production list
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2011 13:48 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 06:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 01:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 06:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:25 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2012 15:26 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 09:06 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 12-Feb-2021 05:04 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2021 19:01 | Davies 62 | Updated [Narrative] |
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