ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207857
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| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIb |
| Owner/operator: | 2 (AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AK146 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gaston Green, south of Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth |
| RAF Sawbridgeworth |
Pilot lost control in cloud and baled out, leaving aircraft to crash onto Gaston Green searchlight battery 2m east of airfield.
F/Lt P B Hall baled out uninjured.
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders were .....' (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) by Paul Doyle, pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing. ISBN 09525 624 05.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2018 15:32 | paddy | Added |
| 13-Nov-2018 17:55 | stehlik49 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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