Flight of Spitfire I P9516 and Pilot Officer D T McLaren on 1941-11-29

On 1941-11-29, Pilot D T McLaren (Pilot Officer, RAF) with servicenumber 106186 flew a Spitfire I with serial P9516 for this duty: Convoy Patrol. His mission was not completed. Circumstances of the aircraft loss: Crashed Tillymand Farm, Longhaven. This aircraft was a part of squadron no. 132. The location for the map is Tillymand Farm, Longhaven, United Kingdom. Circumstances at the end of this mission for McLaren: he was killed. He is commemorated at: Dundee Eastern Necropolis, United Kingdom.
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alistair beaton

about 8 months ago
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I am a retired journalist, and in 1971 I watched the recovery of the remains of this aircraft. Workmen digging drainage on a marshland field at Tillymaud (correct) Farm, near Peterhead, unearthed the wreckage which was in extremely good condition. The original markings and camouflage were still on the metalwork, and even the gauges in the cockpit instrument panel had glass and markings intact.
An old man recalled the crash happening on a very misty day, and said it appeared the pilot was lost or low on fueld and almost passed between two houses to land on what appeared to be a flat field.
The Spitfire touched down, ran on for a distance.... but then plunged deep into a bog. The pilot's body was removed by a team from the then RAF Peterhead - just over two miles to the north-west - and the plane remains put back into the excavation, to be found by chance 30 years later.
Alistair Beaton.

alistair beaton