ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89166
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| Date: | Thursday 11 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 53 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | K9930 |
| MSN: | 140 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stn Llandow, Wales |
Built at Eastleigh, number 140. First flew 12 April 1939 then allocated to 54 Squadron on the 15th April 1939. Here she flew routine patrols over the Kent coastline until being sent to 152 Squadron after 54 recieved their new mark 2 Spitfires. On the 23rd February 1940 she arrived with 152 at RAF Warmwell. After a short period with 152, they also recieved their new Spitfires and K9930 was relegated to training duties AST on the 10th September 1940. She finally arrived at 53OTU at Llandow on the 7th September 1941. Four days later and with only two training flights she had to be abandoned.
Spitfire K9930 of 53 OTU, RAF was abandoned 11th September 1941 after controls jammed. The pilot was unable to get out of a turn due to aileron jamming and so he bailed out. The aircraft came down near Cowbridge, Glamorgan.
Pilot: Sgt. A.N. Cresswell, RAAF (Service Number 400697) landed safely by parachute.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?1176&p=6157#6157
4. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p001.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jan-2011 21:29 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-Dec-2011 07:18 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2012 01:08 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Jan-2012 06:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 23-Jan-2012 02:18 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2012 01:32 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2015 09:40 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 06-May-2019 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2021 00:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2021 11:57 | Davies 62 | Updated [Narrative] |
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