ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274701
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| Date: | Monday 12 July 1943 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
| Owner/operator: | 886 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | LR633 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | The Firth of Clyde, Scotland, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Scotland. |
| Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker' |
During embarkation onto the aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker' from RNAS Machrihanish, Scotland on the 12th July 1943, Seafire LR633 suffered a landing accident, causing substantial damage to the aircraft requiring onshore repairs. The Pilot, Lt, I O Robertson safely survived the accident.
Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker, following modifications and working up at Liverpool, between April and July 1943, arrived in Scotland to embark 879 and 886 RN Air Squadrons from the Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, for flying training, prior to deployment for operations in the Mediterranean in early August 1943.
Sources:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ATTACKER.htm#.Ye8xaNHP2M8
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/886_Squadron.htm#.Ye80pNHP2M_
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p054.html
https://www.bing.com/maps?q=Royal+Naval+Air+Station+Machrihanish+%28HMS+Landrail%29%2C&form=ANNTH1&refig=6a8afa02bf9a4b5692ba32fd4a3526c9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2022 12:50 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 15:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Oct-2023 21:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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