ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 119193
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| Date: | Friday 28 July 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Vultee A-35B Vengeance |
| Owner/operator: | 1st G&TT Flt USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-31356 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woolingston, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Woolsington, Northumberland |
Vultee A-35B Vengeance TT.IV 41-31356, 1st Gunnery & Tow Target Flight, USAAF: Written off (destroyed) 28 July 1944 when crashed at Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. (The site of the present-day Newcaslte Airport). The pilot was killed - pilot was 111071 Sergeant R. L. Shelton, USAAF, formerly a staff pilot at No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School, RCAF. Discharged from RCAF. on the 2nd of November, 1943, from there to join the USAAF.
NOTE: Some published sources list the aircraft with an RAF Serial (FD167), and that the crash took place into the North Sea off Marsden, South Shields, County Durham, which is approximately 18 miles to the south south-east
Sources:
1. http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_5.html
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?13745-Robert-Shelton-USAAF-killed-in-1944-England
3. https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=22&tf=F&q=shelton%23robert%23L&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=3&rid=355621&rlst=8651312,355621
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jun-2021 22:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2021 21:23 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
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