Peak District Air Accident Research

Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk.22 PK617 of No.608 Sqn, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, crashed on the 13th February 1949 near the village of Commondale in the North Yorkshire Moors.

Above is a Spitfire Mk.XVIII, outwardly similar to a Mk.22

The pilot was on a training flight from Thornaby when his aircraft dived into the ground while he was performing low level aerobatics.

A small amount of wreckage is still at the site in a small crater (although for a Supermarine type this is a large amount).

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