ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201540
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| Date: | Thursday 29 October 1942 |
| Time: | 18:15 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG605 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Easenye Woods, nr Ware, Hertfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth |
| RAF Sawbridgeworth |
Aircraft was one of the wingmen in a three-ship formation that had difficulty returning to Sawbridgeworth due to bad weather and under low cloud, and hit trees at Easenye while leader was trying to locate base. Lack of radio communications had also negated safe recovery of formation to airfield.
P/O (46721) Derek Bell WILLIAMS (pilot) RAF - killed
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders Were ....' (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) Paul A Doyle, ISBN 09525 624 05, pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2017 17:10 | paddy | Added |
| 25-Nov-2017 12:00 | paddy | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 28-Dec-2017 14:58 | paddy | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 13:45 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2018 06:52 | paddy | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Mar-2018 15:36 | paddy | Updated [Operator] |
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