ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 160478
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| Date: | Sunday 9 August 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | MSFU RAF |
| Registration: | P3385 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Allt y Ceffylau, near Blanau Ffestiniog, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Speke, Cheshire |
| RAF Valley, Anglesey |
On the 9th of August, 1942 two Hurricanes of the Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, RAF took off from RAF Speke to fly to RAF Valley where the pilots were to attend a one-week gunnery course.
En-route dense cloud was encountered and one of the pilots noticed glimpses of terrain nearby. Unable to warn the other pilot owing to a faulty radio he overtook him, hoping he would follow, and began to climb to get above the clouds. Once in clear sky, Sgt Peter Riddoch circled for a few minutes expecting the other Hurricane to appear, and when it did not made his way to Valley on his own, where he reported what had happened and awaited news.
In due course word was received from the Royal Observer Corps that a Hurricane had crashed on high ground near Blanau Ffestiniog and that the pilot was dead.
P/O Robert Bruce McIntyre RCAF, killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Robert McIntyre is buried in Portmadoc Cemetery.
Sources:
https://www.aditnow.co.uk/community/viewtopic.aspx?t=2463
RAF Casualties-1942
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2013 23:13 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-May-2015 12:20 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Oct-2021 03:22 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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