Date:	Sunday 3 March 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk 1
Owner/operator:	816 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	P4215
MSN:	F4373
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	HMS Furious
Destination airport:	RAF Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Kintyre , Argyll and Bute,

Narrative:
816 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairey Swordfish P4215 crashed and exploded at RAF Machrihanish, Campbeltown, Scotland when operating from aircraft carrier HMS Furious, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, John Douglas Stern, Observer, Lieutenant, Bruce Edwin Harington Stranack and Air Gunner, Naval Airman, James Wilfred White.

Swordfish  P4215 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc
The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project :: View topic - Campbeltown (Kilkerran) Cemetery (bizhat.com)
HMS Furious, British aircraft carrier, WW2 (naval-history.net)
[PDF] Kintyre and the Kintyre Way Linked to Geograph Photographs and Google Maps - Free Download PDF (docuri.com)
Mediterranean Fleet operations, March 1940 (naval-history.net)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
19-Jan-2021 17:37	Peter Clarke	Added
05-Feb-2021 15:54	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
13-Feb-2021 21:19	Castle	Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Operator]
26-Feb-2021 10:37	Peter Clarke	Updated [Narrative]