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Spitfire NH709

Stats:

model: XIV
factory: EA
engine: G65

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History:

33MU 12-3-44 322Sq 20-3-44 ASTH 'Gem' mods 27-4-44 322Sq 3-5-44 AC 7-7-44 Stalled on landing and stb wing hit ground Lympne CE 18-9-44 FSgt WJ Shaw (RNZAF) safe ros 610Sq 'DW-A' stalled on landing wing hit ground Lympne CE 18-9-44 FSgt Shaw safe

* for acronyms please see source: Spitfire Production
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Comments / Questions:


by: Red Dragon Flt Sgt W J Shaw RNZAF 610 Squadron 2017-03-28 20:14:11

Crash landed following escort in connection with ‘Market Garden’. The aircraft was completely written off with both wings broken off, the tail assembly broken almost –completely off and the spinner pounded nearly flat. Bystanders reported that the aircraft completed three somersaults. One side of the Perspex cockpit cover was broken open, and Shaw got out through the hole, without a scratch.
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