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Date: | Tuesday 1 August 1950 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk XVI |
Owner/operator: | 5 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | TE452 |
MSN: | CBAF. |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 2 miles north east of Welcome, Devon, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:TE452: Spitfire LF.XVI. Delivered to the RAF at 9 MU Cosford 25-6-45. First issued for service to 595 Squadron RAF Pembrey 5-10-48 as "7B-A". The squadron was disbanded at Pembrey on 11-2-49 when it was renumbered to No. 5 Squadron RAF.
Written off (destroyed) when hit ground during low-level attack 2 miles North East of Welcombe, Devon 1-8-50. Pilot Killed.
Crew of Spitfire TE452:
Pilot II Harold Frank WAREHAM, RAF (pilot) - killed on active service 1-8-1950
The reported crash location is two miles north east of Welcombe, a village and civil parish on the coast of north Devon, England, just north of the border with Cornwall. It is part of the district of Torridge, at approximate co-ordinates 50°56′N 4°31′W
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.104 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft SA100-VZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
3. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.72
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p112.html 5.
http://www.hrmtech.com/sig/dctypes.asp 6.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAF 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._595_Squadron_RAF 8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcombe Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Dec-2020 22:18 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Dec-2020 10:43 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
25-Jun-2022 02:02 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Category] |
27-Aug-2023 09:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Category]] |