ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212719
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| Date: | Friday 9 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
| Owner/operator: | 83 GSU RAF |
| Registration: | MN204 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Dunsfold, Surrey, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dunsfold, Surrey |
This aircraft was being operated by 83 Group Support Unit.
It stalled and spun in at Dunsfold after the engine failed owing to fuel exhaustion in the circuit. This was the pilot's very first flight in a Typhoon.
F/O (NZ416441) John Nesbit Beattie RNZAF did not survive the crash.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1945
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jun-2018 14:18 | angels one five | Added |
| 29-Jun-2018 19:24 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Sep-2019 21:41 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2021 12:03 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 04:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
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