ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275142
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| Date: | Thursday 11 November 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
| Owner/operator: | 808 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | NM929 |
| MSN: | 4004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yealand Redmayne, 3 miles north of Carnforth, Lancashire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Burscough, (HMS Ringtail), Lancashire, UK |
| RNAS Burscough, (HMS Ringtail), Lancashire, UK |
During a Wing Air Exercise, operating out of RNAS Burscough, Lancashire, 808 Squadron Seafire NM929 (Pilot, Sub Lt, E A Philpott RNVR) collided with 886 Squadron Seafire LR693 (Pilot,Sub Lt, R A Colbeck RNZN). The two aircraft crashed at Yealand Redmayne, North of Carnforth, Lancashire killing both pilots
Sources:
http://laituk.org/Seafires%20LR693%20&%20NM929.html
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p081.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron#:~:text=808%20Squadron%20was%20formed%20at%20RNAS%20Worthy%20Down,to%20Wick%20for%20the%20defence%20of%20the%20dockyards.
http://aircrewremembered.com/colbeck-ralph-austin.html
https://images-of-burscough.co.uk/index.php/hms-ringtail/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Burscough_(HMS_Ringtail)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2022 18:30 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 16:02 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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