ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22373
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| Date: | Thursday 4 July 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairey Battle TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L5680 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | RAF Catfoss, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Catfoss, East Yorkshire |
| RAF Catfoss, East Yorkshire |
Fairey Battle Mk.1(TT) L5680 of 2 (Coastal) OTU, RAF suffered a collapse of its undercarriage on landing at RAF Catfoss, Hornsea, East Yorkshire, 4 July 1940. Aircraft substantially damaged, but repaired on site and returned to service 27 November 1941 with 1 OTU, RAF Silloth, Cumberland
Damaged again 30 April 1942 when engine cut and aircraft belly landed at RAF Silloth, Cumberland. Again repaired on site. Withdrawn from service 19 December 1942 when delivered to 18 MU RAF Dumfries for long term storage until Struck Off Charge 17 July 1944
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 37)
2. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p 156)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 10:17 | Anon. | Added |
| 26-Jun-2012 12:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 01-Feb-2015 20:12 | wilbur | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2019 18:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2019 06:43 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2020 00:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2023 09:27 | Nepa | Updated [[Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]] |
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