ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90091
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| Date: | Friday 9 August 1940 |
| Time: | 16:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 605 (County of Warwick) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2103 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea, one mile off Dunbar, East Lothian -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Drem, East Lothian |
| RAF Drem, East Lothian |
Hurricane Mk I L2103 of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron, RAF, written off when crashed into the sea. According to the squadron ORB:
"Another tragedy struck the Squadron on the 9th of August when, only three weeks after joining, Sgt Robert Douglas Ritchie was killed after reporting feeling dizzy from the fumes from a glycol leak. His aircraft crashed into the sea a mile from Dunbar. He was picked up by the boat Enumara but he had already died from a broken neck. Dougie was 24 and was buried in Leslie Cemetery in his home region of Fife."
Pilot: Sgt (745702) Robert Douglas RITCHIE RAFVR - killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.605squadron.co.uk/We%20Never%20Slept%20-%20The%20Story%20of%20605%20Squadron.pdf
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2457108/ritchie,-robert-douglas/
4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124771509/robert-douglas-ritchie
5. http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/RitchieRD.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2011 17:50 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Jan-2012 13:11 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 06:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-Jan-2012 21:48 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2012 18:24 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jun-2013 17:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2014 20:13 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 09:11 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2019 23:26 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Sep-2022 01:38 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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