ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242705
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | Group Captain Allen Henry Wheeler |
| Registration: | G-AISU |
| MSN: | CBAF.1061 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Southend Airport (EGMC), Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Southend Airport (EGMC) Essex |
| Southend Airport (EGMC) Essex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Spitfire G-AISU (ex-AB910) (Race No. 82), being flown by Group Captain Allen Wheeler, was substsantially damaged when it suffered a heavy landing at Southend Airport while competing in the 1953 Kings Cup Air Race. According to a published source (see link #2):
"Saturday 20th June 1953 saw the National Air Races come to Southend, with thousands turning up to watch the event it was at the time the biggest airshow the town had ever held. The Kings Cup was won by L. A "Clem" Pike in his D.H Chipmunk G-AKDN and the Norton Griffiths trophy was awarded to W.P Bowles who flew Miles Messenger 2a G-AJYZ.
However the event was not without incident, as Supermarine Spitfire G-AISU/AB910 was damaged in a heavy landing"
Spitfire AB910 was civilian registered as G-AISU (C of R 10939/1, later R602/1; C of A 8696) on 25/10/1946 to Group Captain Allen Henry Wheeler, London W.1. On 6/8/1955, the registration was cancelled/lapsed when it was sold (back) to the Manufacturers, Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, London SW.1 (C of R 602/2). The civil registration G-AISU was finally cancelled 22/8/1955 as "converted to miltary markings". That was the Air Ministry's way of recording that the aircraft had been donated back to the RAF, and reverted to its original identity of AB910 (see link #3)
Sources:
1. https://www.spitfireab910.com/about
2. https://www.southendtimeline.com/airpshow53.htm
3. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AISU.pdf
4. http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/AB910.htm
5. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p019.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1941 | AB910 | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lympne, Lympne, Kent, England | |
unk |
| 20 June 1976 | AB910 | Battle of Britain Memorial Flt (BBMF) RAF | 0 | Duxford Airfield (EGSU), Vintage Day, Cambridgeshire, England | |
sub |
Images:
RAF Alconbury Air Show, Cambridgeshire, UK - 16th May 1959
RAF Alconbury Air Show, Cambridgeshire, UK - 16th May 1959
RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK BoB Air Show - 17th September 1960
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2020 17:51 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 23-Sep-2020 13:36 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 29-Sep-2020 17:22 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 01-May-2021 23:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-May-2021 21:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator] |
| 27-Aug-2023 09:43 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
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