Spitfire crash
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
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This picture of SM845 shows the armoured plating in place post restoration and I would be surprised if it had been subsequently removed. The severity of the damage to the fin suggests to me that the force of the impact sank the armored plate into the earth.
So sad.
So sad.
