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Date: | Tuesday 13 June 1950 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk XIX |
Owner/operator: | 541 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PM618 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles SE of Forres, Morayshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife (ADX/EGQL) |
Destination airport: | RAF Benson, Oxfordshire |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Spitfire PR.Mk XIX PM618: Delivered to the RAF at 6 MU Brize Norton 19-10-45. Delivered to RAF Leuchars 2-5-49. Issued to 541 Squadron 26-5-49
Written off (destroyed) when dived into ground out of cloud 5 miles South East of Forres, Morayshire 13-6-50. It is possible that the pilot became disorientated and lost control when flying in turbulence. The Pilot was killed
Crew of Spitfire PM618:
Flying Officer Geoffrey Francis Ferguson, RAF (pilot) - killed on active service 13-6-1950
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.89 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-ZZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.62
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p089.html 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._541_Squadron_RAF#Postwar Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Sep-2013 03:39 |
JINX |
Added |
27-Mar-2015 17:52 |
Jixon |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
20-Oct-2019 00:11 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
05-Mar-2020 20:59 |
Iwosh |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
25-Dec-2020 22:51 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Total fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |