ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168293
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk IIa |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P8133 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ham House, 1 mile South of Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
| RAF Llandow, Glamorgan |
Spitfire Mk IIa P8133, 53 OTU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) when the aircraft spun into the ground at Ham House, 1 mile south of Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, on 25th April 1942. Pilot killed.
Pilot: Pilot Officer George Hepburn Morrice (Service Number 115394, aged 21) RAFVR - killed. Buried Edinburgh
(Warriston) Cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian
R.I.P.
As a post-script, the following is an excerpt from the "Glamorgan Evening Mail"of 18-1-2006 (see link #5):
Of the many incidents reported, the strangest must be that of Graham Havard, who as a young boy witnessed the demise of Spitfire P8133 that crashed on April 25, 1942 near Llantwit Major. He now lives in a house that was built over the crash site. I just hope the ghost of the dead pilot doesn’t haunt the site on a dark night!"
Sources:
1. Halley, J J, 1996, Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000 to R9999, p. 70
2. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p006.html
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5541-Unaccounted-airmen-25-4-1942
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2452454/morrice,-george-hepburn/
5. http://www.glamorgan-gem.co.uk/article.cfm?id=177&headline=GEM%20readers%20help%20search§ionIs=news&searchyear=2006
6. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AVIA 5/21/W1225: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6577438
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2014 03:32 | angels one five | Added |
| 08-Aug-2014 03:36 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jul-2015 20:49 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2019 18:40 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 11:35 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 03-Feb-2021 03:22 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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