Accident Bristol Beaufort Mk I L4479,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16067
 
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Date:Sunday 30 August 1942
Time:
Type:Bristol Beaufort Mk I
Owner/operator:5 OTU RAF
Registration: L4479
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Goat Fell, Isle of Arran, Firth of Clyde -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Turnberry
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Flew into high ground on night navex.

Crew:
Pilot:Flt/Sgt R/101773 Louis Orlin Glay RCAF killed.
Obs:Flt/Sgt R/106786 John Orville MacLean RCAF killed.
Wop:A/Gnr R/80045 John William Leyland 28 RCAF killed.
Inst:? killed.

Sources:

http://www.aircrashsites-scotland.co.uk/beaufort_goatfell.htm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Mar-2008 13:14 JINX Added
19-Oct-2015 18:57 gerard57 Updated [Source, Narrative]
09-Nov-2018 17:53 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator]

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