ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205034
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| Date: | Monday 24 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 79 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3122 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cefn Sidan Beach, Carmarthenshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 24 February 1941 Sgt Charles Albert Venn of 79 Sqn RAF was killed when his Hawker Hurricane I P3122, flew into the ground at Cefn Sidan Beach whilst on target practice on Pembrey Firing Range. He was 26 years old and the son f Charles Edward and Alice Edith Venn, of Penarth, Glamorgan.
Sources:
http://www.laugharnewarmemorial.co.uk/page49.htm (no more online)
http://ciapoldiescorner.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefn_Sidan
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=51.702400&lon=-4.374600&z=12&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jan-2018 00:19 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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