ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152256
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| Date: | Sunday 6 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 516 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Connel, Scotland |
| RAF Connel |
This aircraft was one of 3 Hurricanes that had been participating in a Combined Operations landing exercise being held in Kentra Bay.
Thick fog was encountered on the return journey to Base and the flight split up.
The pilot of one of the Hurricanes attempted to make a forced landing on the Isle of Coll but was killed when the plane struck a rock and overturned.
Pilot:
W/O (903322) John Edward Stephen RAFVR - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.combinedops.com/516%20Sqd.htm
RAF Casualties-1944.
CWGC.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2013 02:55 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-May-2015 11:26 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 04:49 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 11:23 | Angel dick one | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2019 19:37 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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