ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141430
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | 04:05 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ST.V |
| Owner/operator: | 297 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V1782 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Brize Norton (EGVN) |
Hit trees on go-around and crashed. All five occupants died in the crash.
Flt Sgt Alan Henry Busbridge
Flt Sgt Bernard Vincent Mowan
Flt Sgt William Fredrick Insley
Sgt Kenneth James Shay
Sgt Edgar Fredrick Bonser
R.I.P.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/stations/raf-brize-norton/news/albemarle-v1782-crew-remembered/
http://blackbourton.yolasite.com/ww2-crashes.php
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 08:38 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 08:39 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 30-Mar-2016 19:03 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-May-2021 11:18 | rvargast17 | Updated [Time, Operator, Source] |
| 21-May-2021 09:19 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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