ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160259
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| Date: | Tuesday 20 March 1945 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 331 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | PL132 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Margam Moors, Glamorgan -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairwood Common, West Glamorgan, South Wales |
Spitefire LF.Mk.IX PL132, "FN-E" of 311 (Norwegian) Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine failed, aircraft force-landed and ran into ditch during bombing practice at Margam Moors, Glamorgan 20.3.1945. Not repaired, struck off charge as Cat E 26.3.1945
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2003) page 54
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p086.html
3. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
4. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=15198
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margam_Moors
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2013 03:23 | JINX | Added |
| 01-Apr-2015 07:54 | Quentin | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2015 16:19 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-May-2019 00:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:48 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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