Accident Bell Airacobra Mk I AH573,
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Date:Wednesday 11 February 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell Airacobra Mk I
Owner/operator:A&AEE RAF
Registration: AH573
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Initial climb
Nature:Test
Departure airport:RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Engine failure just after takeoff. Spun, pilot killed.

W/Cdr (05236) W. S. Jenkins (pilot) RAF, killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
William Stanley Jenkins was cremated at Southampton Crematorium.

Sources:

RAF Casualties-1942

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-May-2010 17:14 angels one five Added
17-Jan-2012 01:21 angels one five Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
23-Jan-2012 11:29 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
22-Mar-2013 16:22 Dr. John Smith Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2013 21:10 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
14-Oct-2013 11:29 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative]
05-Dec-2013 20:57 angels one five Updated [Location, Narrative]
01-Jan-2014 22:45 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
02-Jan-2014 07:22 angels one five Updated [Narrative]

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