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Date: | Wednesday 19 October 1949 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
Owner/operator: | 33 MU RAF |
Registration: | PK390 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:PK390: Spitfire F.22 built at CBAF (Castle Bromwich Aircraft Factory) with Griffin G61 engine. First issued to the RAF at 39 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 6-9-45. To VAEA (Vickers-Armstrong Eastleigh) 27-9-46 for overhaul. To RAF Debden, Essex for Battle of Britain display, 13-9-49
Written off (damaged beyond repair) when a trestle, on which the aircraft was mounted, collapsed during maintenance at 33 MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire 19-10-49. A civilian contractor working on the aircraft (a Mr Giles) was injured. Not repaired, sold to Vickers Armstong 21-12-49 (presumed for scrap and components) and Struck off Charge
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain
2. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.544
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4. 33 MU RAF Lyneham ORB for the period 1-1-1949 to 31-12-1950: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR29/1494:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4101204 5.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html 6.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79586-pk390 7.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/PK390 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Lyneham#Post-war Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2013 03:24 |
JINX |
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07-Sep-2013 03:25 |
JINX |
Updated [Registration] |
27-Mar-2015 17:55 |
Jixon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
09-May-2023 21:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]] |
03-Aug-2023 15:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [[[Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport]]] |