Accident Bell Airacobra Mk I AH602,
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Date:Friday 13 February 1942
Time:13:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic P39 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bell Airacobra Mk I
Owner/operator:601 (County of London) Sqn RAF
Registration: AH602
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:River Ouse, close to RAF Acaster Malbis -   United Kingdom
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF Acaster Malbis
Destination airport:RAF Acaster Malbis
Narrative:
Control lost during aerobatics practice.
Stalled and spun vertically into the floodwaters of the River Ouse, close to the boundary of the airfield.
Pilot:
P/O (101020) Angus John McDONNELL RAFVR - killed
R.I.P.

Sources:

CWGC
RAF Casualties-1942
http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/ah602.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Oct-2013 09:46 angels one five Added
25-Jan-2014 21:46 Nepa Updated [Time, Narrative]
21-Mar-2014 00:42 angels one five Updated [Time, Narrative]
14-Oct-2014 15:00 Anthony COX Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
24-Oct-2014 09:21 angels one five Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative]
04-Jun-2015 17:01 Angel dick one Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative]
08-Jan-2018 08:26 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
23-Aug-2018 02:22 angels one five Updated [Narrative]
29-Jul-2022 01:02 angels one five Updated [Phase]

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