ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90238
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| Date: | Friday 28 May 1943 |
| Time: | 13:16 |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk XII |
| Owner/operator: | 41 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EN232 |
| MSN: | 4006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Friston, East Sussex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Kent |
| RAF Friston, East Sussex |
Crashed on landing at RAF Station Friston, 28/5/43.
Non-operational flight. Squadron move to Friston.
The pilot was not injured.
Air Ministry Form 1180 states "a/c bad landing, touched airscrew , a/c crashed."
The unit Equipment Officer found no technical defect in the Spitfire.
The Squadron CO stated "bad landing". The Station CO's verdict was "carelessness".
The airframe was declared Cat.E (write off).
The R-R Griffon Mk 3 engine was Cat.B ( repairable, but not on site).
1263193 F/Sgt Biggs S.J. was disciplined and a red (unfavourable) entry placed in his flying logbook.
Stanley Biggs did not fly operationally again with No.41 Squadron.
He was posted away to No.229 Squadron at Krendi in Malta and was killed in a flying accident on the 7th of Jan.1944.
He is buried at the Capuccini Naval Cemetery, Malta.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050316110146/http://brew.clients.ch:80/EN221-238.htm#The
Copy Air Ministry Form 1180 provided by the RAF Museum.
https://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=1703845
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2011 12:47 | ThW | Added |
| 02-Oct-2011 19:38 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Location, Nature, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2011 14:13 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2011 19:39 | angels one five | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2011 19:48 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Nov-2011 19:57 | angels one five | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Jan-2012 11:24 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location] |
| 05-Jan-2012 00:48 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 09-Jan-2012 06:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 02-Nov-2012 09:56 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2012 09:56 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2012 02:35 | angels one five | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Sep-2013 02:13 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2015 20:38 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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