ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 312497
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| Date: | Monday 14 July 1947 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire F Mk 46 |
| Owner/operator: | A&AEE Boscombe Down |
| Registration: | LA552 |
| MSN: | 19999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boscombe Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Boscombe Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire |
| Boscombe Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire |
LA552: Supermarine Seafire F.46, MSN.19999. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire with Griffon G87 engine. First Flown 13-8-46. Delivered to RNAS Anthorn (HMS Nuthatch) Anthorn, Cumberland and taken on charge by No. 1 Aircraft Receipt and Despatch Unit (No. 1 ARDU) 10-9-46. To A&AEE Boscombe Down 30-12-46 for tests and trial flights of 50-gallon drop tanks and underwing rocket projectiles. To Vickers Armstrong Chilbolton 30-3-47 for modifications. Returned to C Squadron A&AEE Boscombe Down 22-4-47 after modifications completed.
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 14-7-47: The Seafire turned off the runway while taxiing after landing at Boscombe Down at too high a speed, causing the undercarriage to collapse. This, in turn, caused the ventral fuel tank to rupture, and the leaking fuel caught fire. The aircraft was fire damaged, but the pilot - Flt Lt J Regulski RAF - seems to have survived unscathed.
Damaged remains to Vickers Armstrong at Eastleigh, Southampton 11-8-47. Then to HMS Blackcap, RNAS Stretton AHU in 2-49 where scrapped
Sources:
1. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946-1949 by Colin Cummings p.318
2. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Ray Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, 2004 p.518)
3. A&AEE Boscombe Down ORB 1-1-48 to 31-1-50: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 29/1216: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4100926
4. https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/92113-la552
5. https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/LA552
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthorn_Radio_Station#RNAS_Anthorn
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MoD_Boscombe_Down#Cold_War
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2023 17:00 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 21-May-2023 08:06 | Nepa | Updated |
| 30-Aug-2023 21:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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