Duxford based Spitfire damaged at Middleberg

[TheGreenGoblin]

Duxford-based Spitfire PR XI PL983 suffered an accident in the Netherlands on the 22 August after the port gear collapsed after a hard landing and the aircraft suffered a prop strike.

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/228422

A little history of PL983....

https://vintageaviationecho.com/spitfire-prxi-pl983/

https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/89964

An interesting albeit sad history (RIP Martin Sargeant). I hope the aircraft is soon back in the air, although I imagine the engine might well have been shock loaded which will be very expensive to remedy.

[CharlieOneSix]

Nearly so much worse if he'd gone over the vertical - this is a still from a video which I haven't been able to find.
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[TheGreenGoblin]

Nearly so much worse if he'd gone over the vertical - this is a still from a video which I haven't been able to find.

So good G-PRXI didn't go over.

Some nice footage of the John Romain aircraft after the completion of restoration last year...