ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 270422
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| Date: | Monday 30 November 1942 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | Aircrew Pool, Desert Air Force RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bone -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Maison Blanche Airport, Algeria |
| RAF Bone |
A Spitfire Mk Vb, serial number unknown, collided in a dusk landing at Bone (today Annaba) with an aircraft on the ground.
The Spitfire crashed and caught fire and the pilot died the next day from his injuries.
The pilot, from New Zealand, was experienced in Spitfires having completed a tour of duty flying them in England before his posting to North Africa.
Pilot:
Sgt (NZ414661) Albert Lens MURRAY RNZAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=96237
CWGC
Aircraft Accident Card, courtesy of the RAF Museum, London.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2021 03:09 | angels one five | Added |
| 11-Dec-2021 07:23 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Dec-2021 11:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 22-Dec-2021 10:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2021 22:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2022 20:56 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2022 23:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2022 02:30 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2022 11:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-May-2022 20:59 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2022 09:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 05-Dec-2023 03:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
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