ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 343180
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 July 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
| Owner/operator: | 3 TEU RAF |
| Registration: | MN127 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kenilworth, southwest of Coventry, West Midlands, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedworth, Gloucestershire |
| RAF Chedworth | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hawker Typhoon MN127 was being operated by No.3 Tactical Exercise Unit, RAF when it crashed and was destroyed on 5/7/1944. The pilot was killed.
The pilot was authorised to carry out an aerobatic and low flying practice flight, in the course of which control was lost, resulting in the Typhoon spinning into the ground at Kenilworth, not far from the city of Coventry.
W/O (NZ42408) Leonard Horace JOHNSON RNZAF : killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAFWEB.org
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Aug-2023 02:37 | angels one five | Added |
| 03-Aug-2023 09:19 | Nepa | Updated |
| 03-Aug-2023 16:54 | angels one five | Updated |
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