ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16288
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| Date: | Monday 22 September 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 41 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L4810 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stockbridge, Hampshire |
Westland Lysander Mk.II L4810, 41 OTU, RAF: Written off (destroyed) 22 September 1941 when crashed on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Pilot (flying solo) was killed. According to the official Air Ministry file into the incident (File AIR 81/10016): "Flight Lieutenant C Bowden-Davies: killed; Lysander L4810, 41 Operational Training Unit; mid air collision with Lysander L4779 at Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, 22 September 1941"
Lysander L4779 survived, only to be written off in a separate accident on 14 January 1942 (which see)
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000- L9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/10016: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16998263
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2008 20:51 | JINX | Added |
| 25-Nov-2018 15:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2019 18:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Sep-2019 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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