ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 240892
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| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Fairey Firefly FR Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 766 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | MB695 |
| MSN: | F.7619 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | A3071 Penzance-St.Just Road, Newbridge, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk), Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall (EGDR) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7/4/1954: Collided in cloud with Firefly PP395 (also of 766 Squadron FAA RN) while flying in formation on a sortie from RNAS Culdrose. Crashed onto the A3071 Penzance to St. Just Road near Newbridge, Cornwall. Both aircraft were destroyed, and the pilots of both aircraft (flying solo) were killed
Midshipman Robert B.Anderson, RN (pilot of Firefly PP395) - killed on active service 7/4/1954
Midshipman Ian N. Young RNVR (pilot of Firefly MB695) - killed on active service
The reported crash location of Newbridge (Cornish: Hal an Tegen) is a hamlet in the civil parish of Madron on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England. It is on the A3071 road between St Just and Penzance, about three miles (5 km) west of the latter at approximate coordinates 50.12880°N 5.60552°W
Sources:
1. Fleet Air Arm Fixed Wing Aircraft Since 1946 (Rat Sturtivant, Lee Howard & Mick Burrows, Air Britain, p.242)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File ADM 1/25334: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4846446
3. https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1954.htm
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbridge,_Cornwall
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2020 18:08 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-Sep-2020 19:39 | BlB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 04-Sep-2020 20:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration] |
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