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Date: | Monday 21 January 1952 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | CFS RAF |
Registration: | LA331 |
MSN: | SMAF4450 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Spitfire F.21 LA331: Built by Vickers Armstrong South Marston. Test flown Flight Lieutenant Loweth (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) for 20 minutes on 6-12-45. Delivered to the RAF at 29MU High Ercall, Shropshire by Flight Lieutenant Fitz. Issued to the RAF with 600 (City of London) Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent, 15-5-47 as "RAG-P" (see link #5). Initially in grey/green camouflage (see link #9), but later painted in silver with post war bright red/white/blue markings by 1949 (see link #7). Withdrawn from use by/on 30-11-50. To CFS (Central Flying School), RAF Little Rissington, Cirencester, Gloucestershire in December 1950.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 21-1-51: On landing at RAF Llandow, Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, the undercarriage collapsed, and the aircraft was written off. The CFS Student Pilot, Pilot Officer B E Than (of the CFS Burmese Conversion Squadron) was uninjured.
Damaged airframe withdrawn to 38 MU RAF Llandow 23-10-52. Initially assessed as Cat.3(R) 21-11-52 and therefore repairable on site. Declared a "non-effective airframe" and Struck Off Charge as Cat.5(scrap) 15-4-54. Reduced to produce and spares, and scrapped remains sold to D. Bond 27-8-54 as scrap.
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.124 ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Last Take Off; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1950 to 1953 by Colin Cummings p.215
3. RAF Little Rissington: The Central Flying School 1946 - 76 By R. Deacon, A. Pollock, M. Thomas, R. Bagshaw
4.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p054.html 5.
http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009/01/events-for-21st-january.html 6.
https://www.asisbiz.com/il2/Spitfire/Late/images/Spitfire-F21-LA331-landing-01.jpg 7.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79517-la331 8.
https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/supermarine-spitfire-f21-la331/MEV-10839939 9.
https://www.vexillummilitaris.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Spitfire21-22.jpg 10.
https://www.vexillummilitaris.co.uk/?page_id=1161 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Feb-2021 22:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
23-Feb-2021 09:11 |
Froome |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
24-Feb-2021 22:58 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |