ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 242724
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| Date: | Friday 29 August 1941 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AB910 |
| MSN: | CBAF.1061 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | RAF Lympne, Lympne, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Epping Forest, Essex |
| RAF North Weald, Essex |
The aircraft was assigned to 222 Sqn at RAF North Weald on the 22nd August 1941. Following three combat missions, flown by Pilot Officer Ramsey, over northern France, at the end of August, AB910(ZD-C) carried out a forced landing, with combat damage, at RAF Lympne, Kent. Following repairs at AST Hamble the aircraft was assigned to 130 Squadron, Perranporth, Cornwall in October 1941.
Sources:
https://www.memorialflightclub.com/blog/spitfire-mk-vb-ab910-%E2%80%93-75-years-old
http://milky01.co.uk/?page_id=28017
http://www.sonsofdamien.co.uk/AB910.htm
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/222_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 June 1953 | G-AISU | Group Captain Allen Henry Wheeler | 0 | Southend Airport (EGMC), Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | |
sub |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2020 05:49 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 21-Sep-2020 10:54 | Angel Dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Sep-2020 13:36 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
| 26-Sep-2020 15:37 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Photo] |
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