Spitfire P8148 at Leconfield airfield.

During a flight made on 2nd October 1941 this 610 Squadron aircraft landed at Leconfield airfield at 10.35hrs in a slight crosswind. Unfortunately the aircraft ran off the runway, hit a rut on soft ground and tipped up on to it's nose.

Pilot - P/O Charles Rawdon Keith Fry RAFVR (101570).


Charles Fry was killed two days later when Spitfire P8678 crashed at Scalby, just north of Scarborough. He is buried at Horley Churchyard, Surrey.

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