ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141818
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| Date: | Tuesday 13 January 1942 |
| Time: | 09:50 |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 774 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | P4201 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Celtic Sea, 2 miles north of Boscastle, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
At 0950hrs the Fairey Swordfish I P4201 S6-G of 774 Squadron RNAS St Merryn ditched 2 miles north of Boscastle. Sub-Lieutenant A G Penny and LAC A E Renwick were safe but Air Gunner LAC Reuben John Hale was killed.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130228022814/http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org:80/pages/crash_log/crashlog42.html
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735203/HALE,%20REUBEN%20JOHN
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/south-west/cornwall-county/boscastle/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2012 02:44 | angels one five | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 11:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2017 09:13 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2017 15:13 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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