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Date: | Thursday 3 May 1945 |
Time: | 15:00 |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
Owner/operator: | BCIS RAF |
Registration: | BM474 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Narrative:Spitfire BM474: Air Test. Swung sharply on landing and lost its undercarriage.
Ground-looped landing at base, u/c collapsed.
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Saunderson RCAF
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY, volume 8, page 226.
2. Supermarine Spitfire production list
3. ORB Bomber Command Instructor's School RAF
4. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Apr-2023 19:32 |
redsix |
Added |
26-Aug-2023 20:12 |
Nepa |
Updated |
02-May-2024 17:03 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |