Accident Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa P7280,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151306
 
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Date:Friday 15 September 1944
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa
Owner/operator:61 OTU RAF
Registration: P7280
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Crickheath Farm near Oswestry, Shropshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Rednal, Shropshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Spun from clouds and crashed.
Pilot:
F/Sgt (1320299) Gordon Leonard SMITH RAFVR - killed.
R.I.P.

Sources:

Spitfire production list.
RAF Casualties-1944.
cwgc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Dec-2012 18:22 angels one five Added
19-Apr-2015 19:55 Angel dot comma Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
22-Apr-2015 18:31 angels one five Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative]
09-Jun-2015 05:50 Angel dick one Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
01-Feb-2021 02:50 angels one five Updated [Narrative]

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