ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90076
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| Date: | Saturday 19 October 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3260 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Castletown, Caithness, Highland, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Castletown, Catihness, Scotland |
| RAF Castletown, Catihness, Scotland |
Hawker Hurricane Mk I, P3260, 3 Squadron, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 19-10-40: Crashed from a slow roll during an Anti-Aircraft Co-Operation exercise at RAF Castletown, Caithness, Highland, Scotland. The Hurricane was written off in the accident and the pilot died from his injuries.
Query aircraft reg number as P3260 is recored as flying on 24th October 1940?
Pilot: Flying Officer (C/1323) George Fellows McAVITY (aged 29) RCAF - died as the result of a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153940836/george-fellows-mcavity
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2460221/mcavity,-george-fellows/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Castletown
4. https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2460221
5. https://canadianfallen.ca/68859/MCAVITY
6. National Archives Kew Record of Events Doc AIR27/32/28 page 2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2011 14:42 | angels one five | Added |
| 02-Sep-2011 17:40 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:36 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Nature, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2012 23:00 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2015 05:53 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 08:31 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2019 00:32 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2019 09:42 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 08-Aug-2019 00:14 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2021 02:00 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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