19 May 1943 – 53 OTU, RAF Kirton in Lindsey– Supermarine Spitfire I – X4768 – Sgt Claude R Seaton-Williams RAFVR – Duty Training.
Location - In the vicinity of the cross roads near Moortown Station, South Kelsey, Lincs.
Supermarine Sptifire Mk I
The only information I have regarding this incident is that the aircraft crashed into the ground near the Moortown cross roads not far from Moortown Station. The reason for the accident is unspecified or unknown.
Moortown cross roads taken July 2018.
Sgt Claude Seaton-Williams RAFVR – Pilot - 20 – 53 OTU - Son of Oscar Seaton-Williams, M.A., LL.B., and of Violet Gladys Seaton Williams; stepson of Maj. C. Joyce, of Borehamwood. - Borehamwood ( All Saints ) Churchyard, Hertfordshire.
As with many of these items I will welcome any further details regard to this incident and/or the pilot involved.
Compiled by David Fell. Photo from my archive.
....................
|