ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151329
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| Date: | Thursday 9 September 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | CGS RAF |
| Registration: | P7289 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Redhouse Farm nr Long Sutton, Lincolnshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Sutton Bridge |
A Spitfire of the RAF Central Gunnery School crashed when a wing tip touched the ground during low flying.
The aircraft was destroyed and its pilot, the Chief Instructor of the Fighter Wing, CGS, was killed.
He was Squadron-Leader Robert Chippindall Dafforn DFC,RAFVR, a Battle of Britain veteran (501 Sqdn).
Robert Dafforn is buried at White Waltham (St Mary) Churchyard.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Spitfire production list.
RAF Casualties-1943.
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2012 16:45 | angels one five | Added |
| 18-Jun-2015 17:12 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2021 00:29 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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