ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239082
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 March 1943 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OCU RAF |
| Registration: | X4590 |
| MSN: | 6S/81254 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Llandow |
| - |
Pilot Sgt K C Loe, while taxiing the aircraft for take off, collided with a road roller on the runway damaging the aircraft.
Sources:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/78-A-872-Spitfire-1-X4590.pdf
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/spitregistry/spitfire-x4590.html
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=707
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 October 1940 | X4590 | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Middle Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire, England | |
sub |
| Gear-up landing | ||||||
| 24 July 1941 | X4590 | 303 (Warsaw-Koscuisco) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Speke (EGGP) Lancashire, England | |
sub |
Images:
RAF Upper Heyford (EGUA), Oxfordshire, UK - 19th June 1971
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London, UK - 18th September 2010
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, London, UK - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2020 17:55 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 05-Aug-2020 17:54 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 06-Aug-2020 08:50 | soucek56 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2020 18:16 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 11-Aug-2020 17:12 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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