Accident Fairey Swordfish Mk I L9716,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53805
 
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Date:Saturday 31 August 1940
Time:23:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic SWOR model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairey Swordfish Mk I
Owner/operator:812 Sqn FAA RN
Registration: L9716
MSN: F.3460
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dwarsweg - Kolenpad roads at Rozenburg in Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:North Coates
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs (local time) for an operation to Rotterdam.
The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed.

Pilot / Lt. G. Villiers-Tuthill RNVR / Rozenburg cemetery
Observer / Lt. M. Driver FAA / survived

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0805&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
23-Dec-2011 01:44 rvargast17 Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 04:23 Nepa Updated [Operator]
23-Jan-2012 05:42 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type]
04-Jun-2013 00:19 Anon. Updated [Narrative]
14-Oct-2013 04:41 JINX Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
15-Oct-2013 19:02 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
26-Sep-2015 05:10 Oezil Updated [Operator]
27-Apr-2020 13:21 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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