ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74208
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Date: | Saturday 25 November 1944 |
Time: | 19:00/2000 |
Type: | Fairey Barracuda (2 x) |
Owner/operator: | 812 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nigg Sands, Cromarty Firth -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RNAS Fearn |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Two Barracuda torpedo planes were lost when they collided in the air over Cromarty Firth during a torpedo dropping exercise.
The planes fell into the water, and only one of the airmen survived.
The remaining 5 crew in the planes lost their lives.
Sources:
http://www.thecromartyarchive.org/picture/number622.asp Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-May-2010 22:13 |
angels one five |
Added |
23-Jan-2012 05:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
09-Sep-2013 13:58 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
19-Oct-2018 13:55 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
31-Dec-2021 21:45 |
angels one five |
Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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