ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16913
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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | RAF destined for SAAF |
| Registration: | L5748 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, en-route Liverpool-South Africa -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Liverpool Docks, Liverpool |
| Cape Town, South Africa |
Fairey Battle Mk.1 L5748: Lost at sea in transit, as ships cargo on 12/12/1942. The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean and Fairey Battle L5748 went down with it.
Fairey Battle L5748 was one of three such aircraft lost on the sinking - the others were N2014 and V1266. The three aircraft were allocated SAAF Serials 1076/1077/1078, although they were never taken up, so the RAF/SAAF Serials tie-up is not known
Sources:
1. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.111/p.158)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p.37)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2008 23:04 | JINX | Added |
| 17-May-2019 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 20:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 20:53 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2020 15:30 | T.T.Taylor | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Oct-2020 22:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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