ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209867
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| Date: | Thursday 9 October 1941 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 263 (Fellowship of the Bellows) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P6968 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Saltford railway station goods yard weighbridge, Somerset -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Charmy Down, Somerset |
| RAF Charmy Down |
As part of a six-aircraft formation returning to base, P6968 was in collision with P6999. The pilot of P6999, F/L Humphrey Coghlin, escaped by parachute but P/O Ormonde Hoskins was killed when the aircraft crashed and caught fire in the goods yard weighbridge.
Crew:
P/O (69485) O.J.H. HOSKINS (pilot) RAFVR - killed
Local boy Dave Taylor (9) injured by burning debris
Sources:
Saltford Environmental Group records
ORB 263 Sqdn RAF (Form 540)
Paul Doyle personal files
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Apr-2018 14:37 | paddy | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 12:24 | paddy | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Nov-2019 11:14 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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