ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 74423
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 December 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 61 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T1655 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cadair Bronwen, Denbighshire, Wales -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Rednal |
The Lysander crashed on the side of a steep ridge while searching for the missing Spitfire P7295.
It was reported to have been caught in a downdraught.
The pilot, Flt-Lt Douglas Harvey Walker AFC RAFVR, was killed in the crash.
R.I.P.
Douglas Walker is buried in Leicester (Gilroes) Cemetery.
The Bristol Mercury XX radial engine of T1655 recovered from the crash site, displayed in the Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Aviation Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire
Sources:
http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/
Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Aviation Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 28th July 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2010 04:14 | angels one five | Added |
| 21-May-2010 04:16 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-May-2010 04:19 | angels one five | Updated [Damage] |
| 11-Jan-2012 02:59 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2012 03:03 | angels one five | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]] |
| 11-Jan-2012 03:03 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2012 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport] |
| 29-Dec-2012 16:05 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2020 19:46 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
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