ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138929
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 59 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P2877 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dent Fell above Black How Farm, Cleator, Cumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Crosby-on-Eden, Cumbria |
| RAF Crosby-on-Eden |
Engine failure. The Hurricane crashed in the ensuing forced landing and the pilot lost his life.
Pilot:
Sgt (610074) Benet Nicholls RAF- killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1942
http://2ndww.blogspot.com/2009/04/into-unknown-land.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/19/a4638819.shtml
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2011 02:20 | angels one five | Added |
| 29-Dec-2011 13:01 | rvargast17 | Updated [Date, Aircraft type] |
| 03-Jan-2012 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jan-2012 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 09-Jan-2012 22:10 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 10-Jan-2012 11:27 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 02:44 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 17-Jan-2012 05:41 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 23-Jan-2012 12:19 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2012 12:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2013 13:34 | cumbrianrider | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2014 08:47 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 11:51 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2015 08:29 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2015 08:33 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2018 08:04 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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