ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347592
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| Date: | Saturday 25 March 1944 |
| Time: | 12:50 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire LF Mk IX |
| Owner/operator: | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | MJ355 |
| MSN: | KH-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near the airfield boundary, RAF Station Kenley, London -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Kenley |
| RAF Kenley | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
This aircraft was taking part in a dive bombing practice on to a target situated near the center of the airfield, flying #2 in a section of 2 led by the flight commander. The first run was made without incident, but on the 2nd run the bomb was released, the aircraft pulled out sharply from the dive into a sharp climbing turn, but almost immediately afterwards crashed near the boundary of the airfield. It is believed the pilot blacked out, he perished in the crash.
Pilot was J/5128 Flight Lieutenant Clifford George Pennock (RCAF)
Sources:
403 RCAF Sqn war time records from archives Canada
Personnel file of the pilot including the official loss report from Ancestry.ca (Archives Canada)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2668071
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=5128&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1943 | BS509 | 403 (Wolf) Sqn RCAF | 0 | Weeresteinstraat, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2023 21:38 | tachel | Added |
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