Spitfire down in Kent

[abeaumont]

A couple of hours ago.
According to witnesses the engine started spluttering, pilot executed a forced landing in a field. Near Woodchurch.
Pilot ok.

Pictures on Kent On Line.

[Pontius Navigator]

Sad but that rather justifies the insurance brokers with the premium for overflight of London.

Is that a two-seater, I can't quite make if out?

[rolling20]

It looks like the 2 seater NL-R?

[Above The Clouds]

Good to hear there are no injuries, it is the two seat German one D-FMKN.

Up for sale http://www.platinumfighters.com/#!spitfire-mj772/cuwc

[Wander00]

Looks like a textbook forced landing, glad pilot OK. Looks like a Tr 9 from the photo. Any idea which one?

[Pontius Navigator]

Google is yr friend
Google (http://www.google.co.uk/#q=spitfire+d-fmkn)

It had an undercarriage malfunction 3 years ago too.

[Above The Clouds]

@ Wander00 just follow the link in my post and it has the full history of the aircraft.

[CoffmanStarter]

Very glad to hear that there were no injuries ...

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/736/cpsprodpb/16558/production/_85408419_lizking2.jpg

Image Credit : @Liztrispirit

Sadly I doubt she will be a Goodwood next week ...

[Wander00]

Hmm, a certain irony there methinks - German" Spitfire in BoB Commemoration! Maybe there ought to be an Me 109out in front, and the Spit and Hurri pilots going"Dagga, daga" on the R/T......hat, coat...........
PS - ATC - many thanks

[CoffmanStarter]

Thanks PN ... Amendment made :ok:

A bit of additional historic info ...

RAF Woodchurch

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Woodchurch

[GeeRam]

Port wing torn off.

https://twitter.com/MrGeorgeFuller/status/640862994667335680/photo/1


Pilot rumoured to have been Rob Davies who had to bail out of the P-51 at Duxford a couple of years back....poor Rob must have been thinking oh no, not again :ooh:

[salad-dodger]

Port wing torn off.
That's what speed tape was made for ;)

S-D

[Above The Clouds]

GeeRam
Port wing torn off


I don't think it was torn but removed for transport by road, this picture in a German newspaper shows it intact.

http://ais.badische-zeitung.de/piece/03/85/0e/f1/59051761.jpg

[biscuit74]

Above the Clouds - Is that a picture from its earlier wheels up landing in Germany perhaps? That look like grass, the Kentish field shown in the pictures elsewhere looked to be stubble.


Biscuit

[abeaumont]

That's the earlier incident.
Today was indeed in a field recently combined.
And the port wing was removed at the root.
Expensive and lengthy repair...

[Above The Clouds]

Is that a picture from its earlier wheels up landing in Germany perhaps? That look like grass, the Kentish field shown in the pictures elsewhere looked to be stubble.

biscuit74 I think you are correct, its had rather a run of bad luck in recent years.

[abeaumont]

A not entirely unknown problem for German owned aluminium.
There's still quite a bit of it in the ground here in Kent.

[just another jocky]

I must admit I didn't think Kent had such lovely hills. :}

Glad the pilot is ok. The plane can be fixed, shame though it is to see it like that.

[thing]

That will buff out, no problem.

Glad all OK and it's not a write off.

[DirtyProp]

Zee Jermanz don't know how to properly fix British hardware.
Or maybe they just sabotaged an enemy plane...:E

[Thomas coupling]

third forced landing during its lifetime after the war.
Don't think it'll get its asking price now (3.5 mil) :eek:

[NutLoose]

Vorsprung Durch Feckedit

[oldmansquipper]

...Priceless!:ok:

[Wander00]

How apposite