ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 229246
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| Date: | Saturday 18 March 1944 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 439 (Westmount) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | LD594 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Loch Doon, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ayr |
| RAF Hurn |
While the flight was climbing through various layers of clouds over southern Ayrshire and at a height of about 3,300ft F/O MacTavish’s aircraft was seen by other pilots to enter a dive and disappear into the clouds. The following day before the crash site had been located and reported to the RAF, who despatched a search team from No.5 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit at RAF Turnberry. They confirmed that the site was indeed that of the missing Hurricane and F/O MacTavish had been killed in the crash.
Sources:
https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/scotland/hawker-hurricane-ld594-loch-doon/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2019 19:50 | tachel | Added |
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