ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156130
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| Date: | Friday 23 April 1943 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 55 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | AG275 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Above Low Water Tarn, Brim Fell, Coniston Fells -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, Durham |
| RAF Usworth |
Two pupil pilots of No. 55 Operational Training Unit were instructed to carry out individual low flying and D/F homing practice and to stay in the Maryport area due to the prevailing weather.
At about 1200 the two Hurricanes, flying close together, and in poor visibility, crashed on Brim Fell in the Coniston Fells on the southwest side of the Lake District.
Both aircraft were destroyed in the high speed impacts and their pilots must have died instantly.
Pilot:
F/Sgt (Aus412399) Leonard Thomas Cook RAAF killed.
R.I.P.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/ag264.html]
RAF Casualties-1943
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2013 19:56 | angels one five | Added |
| 28-May-2013 20:18 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 01:31 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Mar-2014 06:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 12:04 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2018 08:04 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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