ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 260683
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| Date: | Friday 1 October 1943 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIc |
| Owner/operator: | 2 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T5348 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leven, near RAF Catfoss, East Yorkshire, England. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catfoss, East Yorkshire |
Beaufighter T5348: Took off at 23:13hrs to first solo night-flight in a Beaufighter. 01/10/1943
This common exercise would involved taking off, flying a circuit of the airfield, landing and then applying power and taking off again with the procedure continuing for a number of times allowing the pilot to gain experience flying solo at night in a Beaufighter. Such first-time solo night flights were usually made immediately after an instructor had flown a few circuits of the airfield with the trainee before leaving the aircraft but in this case the trainee pilot appears not to have been given dual night-flying instruction by an instructor. A minute after leaving the ground and while making a low right hand circuit of RAF Catfoss the Beaus T5348 struck the ground near Leven with the starboard wing tip, crashed and exploded. 01/10/1943
Crew:
P/O (J/23615) Albert Mckenzie RUTHVEN (Pilot) RCAF - killed
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7257-421122-Unaccounted-airmen-1-10-1943
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york43/t5348.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=T5348
Beaufighter production list
ORB 2 OTU RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2021 21:07 | Nepa | Added [Operator] |
| 20-May-2021 21:04 | Vicktor | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 09-Nov-2022 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, Operator] |
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