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Date: | Thursday 31 July 1941 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I (TT) |
Owner/operator: | 7 B&GS RCAF |
Registration: | RCAF 1954 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 1.5 miles east of Fairville, Manitoba -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RCAF Paulson, Manitoba |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Fairey Battle Mk.1(TT) RCAF 1954, 7 B&GS (Bombing & Gunnery School) RCAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 31 July 1941 when engine failed and aircraft belly landed one and a half miles east of Fairville, Manitoba. No reported injuries to the three crew.
Battle RCAF 1954 was ex-RAF L5271. Brief history of the airframe...
(As RAF L5271)
01/09/1939: Delivered to 35 Squadron RAF Cottesmore, Rutland
09/04/1940; Transferred to the Polish OTU, RAF Hucknall, Nottinghamshire
01/06/1940: Transferred to 18 OTU RAF Bramcote, Warwickshire coded "U"
27/11/1940: Withdrawn from service to 20 MU RAF Aston Down, Gloucestershire
01/03/1941: To 47 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire for packing and crating for overseas shipment
25/04/1941: Struck Off RAF Charge upon transfer to the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force)
(As RCAF 1954)
13/05/1941: Taken on charge by the RCAF at Aircraft Repair, 1 Training Command
13/06/1941: Delivered to 7 B&BG (Bombing & Gunnery School), RCAF Paulson, Manitoba
31/07/1941: Written off in a flying accident as per the above
11/01/1943; Struck Off RCAF charge and broke up for spares and scrap
Sources:
1. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.147/p.190)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1979 p.37)
3.
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_1950_1999_detailed.html 4.
https://35squadron.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/fairey-battle/ Media:
Fairey Battle L5271 'U', of No. 18 Operational Training Unit, circles the airfield at Penrhos, Caernarvonshire, prior to landing in 1940:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Oct-2020 22:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
28-Oct-2020 15:26 |
T.T.Taylor |
Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |