What we know about Spitfire, in which the Landungsstage before the VE -day celebration ended up for an emergency

A Spitfire was forced to land an emergency just a few days before the day.

The historic aircraft, which had two people on board, turned on Saturday evening (May 3) in West Hythe, Kent, under the plants in Kent.

The crash-landing occurred in the run-up to the celebrations for the 80th anniversary of Ve Day on Monday, but it is not clear whether the flight of the aircraft was connected to the event.

Witnesses said that the aircraft “failed above a caravan park” and “narrowly” missed trees before it crashed while video material is showing the aircraft to the ground.

What we know

The aircraft is owned by Fly a Spitfire and confirmed the crash in an explanation on its website: “We are aware of one incident with one of our Spitfire aircraft.

“We can confirm that a precautionary landing was carried out at a location without Luftfield. The pilot and the passenger are unharmed and we have no further information in this phase.”

A fire brigade spokesman said that two firefighters had taken part after they had been called to an aircraft that had made an emergency landing. The crews helped to make the scene secure and one person was handed over to paramount parameters, said the spokesman.

The 59-year-old eyewitness Sharon Gooda, which was in the Daleacres Caravan and motorhome club when the drama developed, said: “We heard the roaring of a spitfire, so I stood in front of the caravan and watched the two-seater when he turned over again and turned me over again.

“He flew over the Caravan Park, but then I went back in and could still hear them. But suddenly there was a very low, loud misfiring noise over our heads.”

She added: “It sounded as if the engine had cut out. He was lucky that he had missed the big conifers because he was not far from touching them. It could have been much worse.

“He could have landed in the Caravan Park – he was very close to the caravans when he started to fell and landed about 100 m away.”

The Air Uncirpents Investigation Branch (AAIB) announced that it had been informed about the incident, and no team sent to the scene of the accident, will carry out an investigation with the operator to understand the cause of the loss of electricity.

What we don't know

It is not exactly what happened to lead to the emergency landing. While eyewitnesses reported on the sound of a mischievous aircraft, the company, which it heard, has only given an explanation in which the “precautionary landing” was confirmed and that the pilot and the passenger are unharmed.

It is also not to know whether the flight, which is carried out by the Spitfire, has or not to do with the upcoming VE -Day celebrations.

Under the efforts to mark the day, more than 20 aircraft will take part in a fleet on Buckingham Palace, including the Second World War Lancaster Bombers, the Red Arrows.

Some reports have suggested that the Spitfire, which is involved in the landing, was practiced for a fleuast, but this was not confirmed.

It is also not to know who the plane flew and who the passenger was.

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