ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159911
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1944 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 83 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | PG536 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ollerton, near Peplow, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Peplow, Shropshire |
A World War Two pilot from Helensburgh died in 1944 as the result of an accident. F/O Hew Morrison was killed in a Hurricane aircraft on July 27 1944 over Ollerton and is buried in Faslane Cemetery. Aged 21, he was the son of James Douglas Morrison and Jean MacKay Mackenzie Morrison of Helensburgh.
His Hurricane, PG536 of 83 Operational Training Unit, Peplow, had a mid-air collision with Hurricane LF327 of 42 OTU, based at Hawarden. It is believed that the accident was a case of bad timing, as one of the Hurricanes was descending through cloud as the other was flying just underneath it, and they collided.
The other pilot, P/O W.H.Skelton, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, also died.
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=556:burgh-pilot-died-in-crash&catid=88:military&Itemid=462
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2013 07:12 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Jan-2015 03:07 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 11:42 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 11:38 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 12:35 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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