ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193049
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| Date: | Saturday 24 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 812 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | V4708 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gibraltar Bay -
 Gibraltar
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Front (Gibraltar) |
The Swordfish I V4708 of 812 Squadron FAA crashed in Gibraltar Bay on an Anti-Submarine Patrol out of North Front when it suffered an engine fire. Lt (A) Murry Francis Sanders Peake Willcocks and Temporary S/Lt (A) Ronlad E. Shipman RNVR, were killed. The TAG, Leading Airman G.E. Locke, was unhurt. Willcocks was one of the pilots that attacked the Birmarck in May 1941.
Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100801233909/http://www.mikekemble.com:80/ww2/bismarck3.html
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4201-41JAN02.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1942-01JAN.htm
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/Aircraft/Swordfish.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Gibraltar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2017 11:41 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 13:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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