ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150587
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| Date: | Sunday 22 December 1940 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 85 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | V6679 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr Cuxton, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gravesend, Kent |
| RAF Gravesend |
Hurricane V6679 took off from its base at Gravesend at 17:15 hrs to carry out a routine Night Patrol.
The weather soon began to deteriorate and the aircraft was recalled.
It failed to arrive back at Base and was found to have crashed near the village of Cuxton (erroneously Cuxford in the ORB) in Kent. The pilot died in the crash. It was believed that icing up or AA fire may have caused the accident.
Pilot:
Sgt (740896) Harold Norman HOWES DFM RAFVR - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.oldrafrecords.com/db_browserecord.php?skip=0&rn=6&origin=list
85 Sqdn ORB
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Nov-2012 22:40 | angels one five | Added |
| 08-Nov-2012 22:47 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2012 13:51 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 09:05 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jun-2015 06:49 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2015 14:26 | Angel dick one | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2023 06:00 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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