Incident Percival P.10 Vega Gull W9375,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206087
 
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Date:Thursday 16 October 1941
Time:day
Type:Percival P.10 Vega Gull
Owner/operator:780 Sqn FAA RN
Registration: W9375
MSN: K.90
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:HMS Fieldfare, RNAS Evanton, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:HMS Fieldfare, RNAS Evanton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Civil registration G-AFIT cancelled 27.9.39 when impressed into military service as W9375. Issued to the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, (FAA RN) and operated by 754 Squadron, and later by 780 Squadron FAA RN.
Crashed on take off from HMS Fieldfare, RNAS Evanton, Ross & Cromarty, Scotland.

Sources:

1. http://afleetingpeace.org/index.php/15-aeroplanes/80-register-gb-g-af
2. https://cwsprduksumbraco.blob.core.windows.net/g-info/HistoricalLedger/G-AFIT.pdf
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_G-A11.html
4. https://modelingmadness.com/scott/civil/vg.htm
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Oct41.html
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Fieldfare

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Feb-2018 18:29 Dr. John Smith Added
10-Nov-2018 22:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
19-Mar-2021 18:44 TB Updated [Location, Departure airport, Narrative]

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