Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIA P7593 was being ferried by 4 FPP on the 17th November 1940

 

James Beaumont White Flight Sergeant RAF Pilot Killed

 

The aircraft was being ferried from No.12 MU at RAF Kirkbride near Carlisle, an aircraft storage depot at the time, to RAF West Malling in Kent by an RAF pilot who was seconded to No.4 FPP of the ATA.

 

Wreckage at the crash site of Supermarine Spitfire P7593 at Upper Hulme, Leek, Staffordshire
Above is a photograph of a few small fragments of the aircraft found at the crash site.