Accident Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib R7687,
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Date:Saturday 28 November 1942
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic typh model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib
Owner/operator:266 (Rhodesia) Sqn RAF
Registration: R7687
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Rufus Stone, New Forest, Hampshire, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warmwell
Destination airport:RAF Warmwell
Narrative:
Typhoon R7687 collided with the ground and was written off. Pilot killed.

Pilot:
P/O (80447) Gerard Glasson Osborne RAF - killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Gerard Osborne is buried in Warmwell (Holy Trinity) Churchyard.

Sources:

RAF Casualties-1942.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2012 12:36 angels one five Added
26-Jun-2013 10:36 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Narrative]
20-Jul-2013 09:34 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location]
07-Jul-2014 04:07 angels one five Updated [Nature]
02-Apr-2015 19:42 King T. Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Narrative]
30-May-2018 05:50 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
18-Jul-2021 11:37 Anon. Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative, Operator]
04-Dec-2021 22:21 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]

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