ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224229
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 July 1941 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB |
| Owner/operator: | 258 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z3256 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Seckford Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Martlesham Heath |
| Convoy Patrol 'H' Yellow Section |
30th July 1941 - F/O Marshall (aircraft ‘H’ plane number Z-3256) and his wingman P/O HA Dobbyn (aircraft ‘B’), Yellow Flight, took off from RAF Martlesham Heath at 13:55 for a convoy patrol over Southwold (Lowestoft). (9)
At 14:00 F/O Marshall’s plane crashed ‘killed in crash 1.5 miles west of Woodbridge.’ (4)(8)
F/O Marshall radioed that he had had an aileron failure and crashed ‘killed in flying accident.’ (3)(5)
The AM1180 form (6) and the RAF Accidents Investigation Branch, 26 August 1941, confirm these events (7); a brave pilot.
His Hurricane Mark IIB Z3256) crashed into the grounds of Seckford Hall. It was his 97th sortie. (1)(2)(5)
F/O George Montgomerie Marshall RNZAF, - killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1 Alan Powell ‘Tragedy In The Skies Over Seckford Hall’ Martlesham Heath Aviation Society, web
2 Errol W Martyn "For Your Tomorrow" WW2 New Zealanders who served RNZAF and Allied Air.,
3 National Archives, 258 operation record book, summary of events Y, AIR 27/1530/13
4 National Archives, 258 operation record book, detail of work, page 29 AIR 27/1530/14
5 National Archives, AVIA 5/20 Hurricane (Z-3256); Location: Woodbridge; Report No.: W1074
6 The RAF Museum, Hendon
7 The National Archives, Kew
8 Gordon Kersey ‘Martlesham Heath’ page 88
9 The National Archives RAF Squdron 258 ORB for 30th July 1941 (typed and written)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2019 16:26 | mickmeras | Added |
| 22-Apr-2019 16:27 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Embed code] |
| 08-Aug-2019 01:23 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2019 05:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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