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Date: | Friday 15 November 1946 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Supermarine Spitfire F Mk 21 |
Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LA302 |
MSN: | SMAF.4421 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Dalcross, Inverness, Scotland |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland |
Narrative:LA302: Spitfire F.21, MSN SMAF.4421. Built by Vickers Armstrong (Supermarine) at South Marston, Swindon, Wiltshire with Griffon G61 engine. Test flown by Flt/Lt Loweth (Vickers Armstrong South Marston) for 15 minutes 28-6-45. (Possibly first flight?). Delivered to 33MU RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire by Flying Officer Younghusband (Air Transport Auxiliary) 6-7-45. To 1 Squadron, RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex 1-2-46. To 41 Squadron, RAF Dalcross, Inverness 1-4-46
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 15-11-46 when stalled on landing at RAF Acklington, Amble, Northumberland. The pilot allowed the starboard wing to drop while landing in strong crosswinds, and failed to correct the situation. The aircraft then ran off the side of the runway, and sustained substantial damage.
Not repaired: re-cat E and struck off charge 13-12-46
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft LA100-LZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
3. Final Landings: A Summary of RAF Aircraft and Combat Losses 1946 to 1949 by Colin Cummings p.248
4. ORB 41 Sqn RAF: National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 27
5. "RAF Write-offs 1946": Air Britain Aeromilitaria 1979 p.104:
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/aeromilitaria/Aeromilitaria_1979.pdf 6.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p054.html 7.
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/LA302 8.
https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/79488-la302 9.
https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-PostWWII.htm 10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAF#Post-War 11.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._41_Squadron_RAF#Post_War,_1946%E2%80%932006 12.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington#Postwar_use Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-May-2023 08:19 |
Nepa |
Updated |
11-Sep-2023 16:41 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated |