ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16916
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| Date: | Sunday 15 November 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 59 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L5761 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, 3 miles north of Goswick, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Millfield, Northumberland |
Fairey Battle Mk.1 L5761, 59 OTU RAF Millfield, Northumberland. Written off (destroyed) 15 November 1942 when engine failed and aircraft ditched on training flight, into the North Sea, three miles North of Goswick, Northumberland. Both crew posted as "missing, presumed killed", as no trace of the aircraft or its two crew was ever found.
Crew:
F/Sgt (1378189) John Benjamin MacDermott (Pilot, aged 22) - killed on active service 15/11/1942
LAC Sydney Kyle (952688) (aged 26) - killed on active service 15/11/1942
As neither crew member was ever found, they have no known graves, and are instead commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. They are also commemorated on the Millfield Memorial, erected in 2002 outside the Borders Gliding Club, which is based at the former RAF Millfield. Fairey Battle L5761 was formally Struck Off Charge as Cat.AC(Missing) on 15/11/1942.
The reported crash location is into the North Sea, three miles north of Goswick, a hamlet in Northumberland, England, situated approximately south-east of Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, between the A1 and the North Sea coast, at approximate coordinates 55.7°N 1.907°W
Sources:
1. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.158)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft P1000-P9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p.37)
3. http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1501&displayorder=18
4. http://www.newmp.org.uk/article.php?categoryid=99&articleid=1501&displayorder=20
5. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1079233/JOHN%20BENJAMIN%20MACDERMOTT/
6. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1802941/SIDNEY%20KYLE/
7. http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8054
8. https://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Losses/Losses-WWII1942.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2008 23:14 | JINX | Added |
| 11-Oct-2011 10:23 | rvargast17 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2016 13:38 | Jixn | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Oct-2020 21:17 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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