Mid-air collision Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk I AR249,
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Date:Sunday 15 March 1942
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk I
Owner/operator:53 OTU RAF
Registration: AR249
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nr Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Llandow, Glamorgan
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crashed after collision in flight with P9500. Pilot killed.
Cat.E and written off the books.

Flt-Lt John Harcourt Pickering (21) RAFVR killed.
R.I.P.

Sources:

Spitfire production list
RAFWeb RAF Casualties 1942

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2012 16:14 angels one five Added
20-Jun-2015 09:41 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Aug-2018 03:23 angels one five Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
29-Jan-2021 22:51 angels one five Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]

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