ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68991
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Date: | Thursday 30 December 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 2 ADU RAF |
Registration: | K7964 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 20 miles NE of H5, (Transjordan) -
Jordan
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Control lost in cloud on ferry flight, dived into ground.
Nineteen year-old Sergeant Pilot Herbert William Salmon (1806229 RAFVR) is buried at Khayat Beach War Cemetery, Israel. See source 2.
He is also commemorated on a family grave at Bromley, Kent. Please see source 3.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1155840/herbert-william-salmon/ 3.
https://www.cwgc.org/visit-us/find-cemeteries-memorials/cemetery-details/117000/khayat-beach-war-cemetery/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Oct-2009 23:58 |
JINX |
Added |
19-Nov-2018 20:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
25-Jun-2023 13:34 |
Richard |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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