ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159900
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| Date: | Thursday 7 September 1944 |
| Time: | 11:47 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 51 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | PG494 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Saltby, Leicestershire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Colerne, Wiltshire |
| RAF Twinford Farm, Bedfordshire |
W/O Buckingham of 51 OTU was the pilot of Hurricane PG494, which was returning to base from a non operational training flight when it crashed at RAF Saltby Leicestershire at 11:47 AM on the 7th September 1944
The aircraft was detailed to return to Twinford Farm Bedfordshire from Colerne Wiltshire after completing a period of detachment. The weather was quite good a Colerne but visibility worsened during the flight and became very poor at Twinford Farm which extended to 25miles to the west of the base. The pilot then became lost in the bad weather but on locating RAF Saltby he attempted to make a forced landing but in doing so noticed a large number of Dakota aircraft parked alongside all the runways in readiness for a large airborne operation (Probably Operation Comet) In attempting to make another circuit of the airfield at the height of 100ft the aircraft stalled from which the pilot was unable to recover and crashed into the airfield
Crew:
W/O (1381588) Kenneth BUCKINGHAM (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
1.ORB 51 OTU RAF
2.CWGC
Images:
The Pilot taken in Saltney Chester 1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2013 02:21 | JINX | Added |
| 14-Sep-2014 13:14 | Komes123 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 22-Apr-2015 09:43 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport] |
| 09-May-2015 11:41 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport] |
| 10-Nov-2019 13:12 | Sandy | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 11-Nov-2019 17:36 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2019 18:35 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Nov-2019 10:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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