D120A I remember an RAF Spitfire en route to/from a BoB display suffering an engine failure some time in the 1950s/60s. The pilot did a splendid wheels up dead-stick into a recreation ground in Bromley, IIRC, and bent it only a little
Ah yes the Oxo spitfire...we had a wonderful thread on this incident on key a year or so ago to identify the landing field...worth a look just for the wonderful photos
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