ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274571
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| Date: | Thursday 9 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
| Owner/operator: | 879 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | NM965 |
| MSN: | 4022 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker', stationed south-west of the Salerno, -
 Mediterranean Sea
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aircraft carrier HMS Attacker |
| Aircraft carrier HMS Attacker |
Seafire NM965 crashed through the forward safety barriers when landing back on board the aircraft carrier HMS Attacker and hit Seafire NM941 that was picketed down and pushed it overboard into the sea.
Pilot, Sub-Lt, G Calder RNVR was uninjured but aircraft NM965 was written off.
Aircraft carrier HMS Attacker was part of a task force, "Operation Avalanche" taking part in covering the allied invasion of Salerno Italy between 9th-12th September 1943.
Sources:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/879_Squadron.htm#.Yerr-NHP2M9
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ATTACKER.htm#.YerTJdHP2M8
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p081.html
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NM941
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=a7QWEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=seafire+NM941&source=bl&ots=XRGXQ3a99U&sig=ACfU3U1FvE_cSVAU-i1wsDwctDqs8HJwQw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi_qcrr78P1AhXHh1wKHZ91DcMQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=seafire%20NM941&f=false c (picture of accident p.35)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2022 14:03 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 15:51 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
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