ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 227565
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Date: | Tuesday 6 May 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 312 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | V6921 |
MSN: | DU-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Whitehaven, Cumbria, North West England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Jurby, Isle of Man |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hurricane V6921 T/o at 01:50 hrs for Training Flight / Base patrol. Pilot lost orientation. After the fuel was exhausted, the pilot jumped out of the plane. The parachute for low altitude did not work. 6.5.1941
Crew:
F/Sgt (787435) Bohumil VOTRUBA (Cs.pilot) RAFVR - killed
Sources:
Ilustrovaná historie letectví - Z.Hurt
ORB 312 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Jul-2019 11:32 |
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Added [Operator] |
25-Jul-2019 11:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Damage, Operator] |
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