ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 162618
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 February 1941 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 247 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P3041 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goonhoskyn Farm, about 2 miles west of St Enoder, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF St Eval |
During the night of 24-25 February 1941, Sgt William Frederick McEwan of 247 Sqn RAF, based at St Eval, took of for a practice night flight. At 0130 hrs his Hurricane Ia P3041 HP-P entered a dive and did not pull up. It crashed in a field at Goonhoskyn Farm, St Enoder, and exploded, killing the pilot.
Sources:
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.rafdavidstowmoor.org/pages/crash_log/crashlog41.htm] (no more online)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2452939/mcewan,-william-frederick/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Enoder
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/south-west/cornwall-county/saint-enoder/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2013 05:51 | angels one five | Added |
| 09-May-2015 09:26 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 08:37 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 08:39 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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