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

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

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

20 May 1939	L2308	712 Sqn FAA RAF	1	The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine,		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

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]