Incident Supermarine Spitfire Mk Va L1031,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2556
 
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Date:Wednesday 10 January 1945
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic SPIT model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Va
Owner/operator:1 FPP ATA
Registration: L1031
MSN: 245
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Kidlington, Oxfordshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:RAF Kidlington
Narrative:
Undercarriage jammed, belly-landed.

Built as a Spitfire Mark I and first flew on 23/6/39.
Converted to Mark V with a Merlin 45 engine in April 1941.
Struck off Charge (SOC) on 25/1/45.

Sources:

2. Air-Britain: Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
1. Spitfire production list

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 May 1940 L1031 19 Sqn RAF 0 RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England sub
Gear-up landing

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Feb-2008 12:53 JINX Added
29-Dec-2010 04:04 angels one five Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative]
12-Aug-2011 21:20 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative]
27-Dec-2011 04:10 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Narrative]
02-May-2013 14:57 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative]
18-Jul-2013 01:06 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative]
17-Sep-2013 00:52 angels one five Updated [Operator, Source]
05-Apr-2015 10:43 Shuntt Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source]
19-Nov-2018 20:08 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Feb-2021 22:54 angels one five Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative]

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