ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 166367
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| Date: | Thursday 28 December 1944 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 |
| Type: |  Hawker Tempest Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 33 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EJ881 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cury Farm, about 3 mi. southeast of Helston, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Predannack, Cornwall |
| RAF Predannack |
Struck a stone wall in a forced landing that was due to an engine failure caused by a fractured connecting rod. The Tempest slid eighty yards from the touchdown point before colliding with the wall and exploding in flames. The aircraft was destroyed and its pilot, who had logged only two hours flying time in Tempests, was killed.
W/O (NZ42427) Neil Evan McLeod MacDonald RNZAF - killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Neil MacDonald is buried in Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery.
Sources:
http://www.hawkertempest.se/index.php/piloter/summary/81-macdonald
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/macdonald-neil-evan-mcleod.html
Vol. Two of ' For Your Tomorrow - A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 ' by Errol Martyn.
Images:
Own research files
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2014 00:17 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Apr-2015 17:47 | Koumes | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2017 16:31 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Source, Photo, ] |
| 11-May-2017 16:31 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Source, Photo, ] |
| 29-May-2018 17:44 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
| 23-Aug-2019 09:48 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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