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Date: | Saturday 24 June 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 22 |
Owner/operator: | 607 (County of Durham) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PK394 |
MSN: | VASM |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, 40 miles off Blyth, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ouston, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:PK394: Spitfire F.22 (built by Vickers Armstrongs South Marston). Delivered to the RAF at 33 MU Lyneham 7-6-45. Returned to VASM (Vickers-Armstrongs South Marston) 16-1-47 for modifications. Issued to 607 (County of Durham) Squadron, RAF 25-1-49
Written off (destroyed) when Dived into the North Sea out of cloud 40 miles off Blyth, Northumberland.
The pilot loss of control which caused the crash was never explained. 24/06/1950
Crew:
P/O (2685583) James Armour Buglass (pilot) RAuxAF - killed.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.103 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take-off: A Record of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 Colin Cummings p 64
3. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p085.html 5.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 6.
https://www.rauxaf.net/page130.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
15 March 1953 |
VP433 |
1833 Sqn FAA RNVR |
1 |
Flat Lane Farm, Flat Lane, Gilmorton, near Lutterworth, Leicestershire |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Sep-2013 03:31 |
JINX |
Added |
02-Mar-2014 18:28 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator] |
16-Oct-2018 13:46 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator] |
05-Nov-2019 17:27 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
27-Dec-2019 19:28 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
27-Dec-2019 21:38 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
27-Aug-2023 09:36 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Aircraft type, Operator, Operator]] |