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Date: | Thursday 18 January 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Supermarine Walrus Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 712 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | P5648 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bishop Briggs, 3 miles north of Glasgow, Scotland, -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Ravan |
Destination airport: | HMS Norfolk |
Narrative:Walrus P5648 (700 Sqn). The aircraft was enroute from off the Cruiser HMS Raven in Scotland to southern England, when it crashed at Bishop Briggs, 3 miles north of Glasgow, Scotland, 18.1.1940
Crew:
Lt.(A) Edward Frank POPE (pilot) RN - killed
LAC (FX.7632) John BAXTER (AG) RN - killed
Sources:
CANADIAN AIRMEN LOST IN WWII BY DATE 1940 (bombercommandmuseumarchives.ca)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc Supermarine Walrus PROFILE.pdf (seawings.co.uk)
www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=p5468 Walrus' and crews PQ convoys 1942 [Archive] - Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum (12oclockhigh.net)
714 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia
Supermarine Walrus - Wikipedia
AIR81/1806
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 May 1939 |
L2308 |
712 Sqn FAA RAF |
1 |
The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine, |
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w/o |
31 October 1939 |
L2261 |
711 Sqn FAA RN |
3 |
Missing off South Africa |
|
mis |
13 December 1939 |
K8341 |
718 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
off the River Plate, South America |
|
w/o |
13 December 1939 |
K8343 |
718 Sqn FAA RN |
0 |
off the River Plate, South America |
|
w/o |
24 April 1940 |
L2316 |
700 Sqn FAA RN |
3 |
At sea off Fair Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland, |
|
w/o |
9 May 1940 |
L2225 |
765 Sqn FAA RN |
1 |
The Solent/Southampton Water, Hampshire, England, |
|
w/o |
18 May 1940 |
P5647 |
700 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
Malangen Fjord, 32 miles south west of Tromsø, |
|
w/o |
7 September 1940 |
- |
765 Sqn FAA RN |
2 |
English Channel, 8 miles south of Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset, |
|
w/o |
25 September 1940 |
L2247 |
9 Sqn RAAF |
3 |
South Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, |
|
w/o |
1 March 1942 |
L2319 |
9 Sqn RAAF |
4 |
6 miles NE of Tanjung Pujut, Java |
|
w/o |
9 August 1942 |
P5715 |
9 Sqn RAAF |
0 |
7 miles SE of Savo Island, Central |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Jan-2021 19:52 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
18-Jan-2021 09:07 |
Castle |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
03-Jun-2022 14:16 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator] |