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Date: | Tuesday 13 November 1945 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 17 SFTS RAF |
Registration: | TB328 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Hixon, Staffordshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Harlaxton, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | RAF Hixon, Staffordshire |
Narrative:TB328: Spitfire LF,XVI: Delivered to 9 MU RAF Cosford 7-1-45. Issued to 322 (Netherlands) Squadron 1-3-45 as ("3W-C"). To 66 Squadron 15-3-45. To 17 SFTS. Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine failed and crash-landed at Hixon aerodrome, Staffordshire 13-11-45. Struck Off Charge 16-1-46
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. pp.17. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1985)
3. Spitfire Production List:
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p107.html 4.
https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-s/vliegtuigen-s-spitfire 5.
http://www.bcar.org.uk/1945-49-incident-logs 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Hixon 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Harlaxton Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Oct-2019 19:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
22-Oct-2019 19:23 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
28-Oct-2019 08:50 |
Anon. |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |