ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157745
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| Date: | Friday 2 March 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 691 (AAC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LF638 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Plymouth Sound -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harrowbeer, Devon |
| RAF Harrowbeer |
Hurricane LF638 was on an anti-aircraft co-operation flight over Plymouth Sound, providing training for Royal Navy gunners, when its engine failed.
The pilot ditched the aircraft in the water but was drowned.
Pilot:
F/Sgt (NZ4214048) Albert William Conrad Gledhill RNZAF - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1945
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/691_wwII.html
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2013 01:55 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jul-2013 16:40 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2013 07:31 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 11:39 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 12:23 | INV | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-May-2018 14:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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