ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241393
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| Date: | Thursday 27 November 1941 |
| Time: | 16:30 |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hurricane |
| Owner/operator: | 118 Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BW839 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Musquoboit Nova Scotia -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Saint John N.B. |
| RCAF Station Dartmouth |
Lost in bad weather during a ferry flight from St. John New Brunswick to Dartmouth Nova Scotia. The pilot over shot the destination airfield and force landed near Musquoboit, east of Petpeswick, Nova Scotia suffering Cat B damage.
Pilot was 41447 F/O Harry Thorne Mitchell, a Canadian in the RAF.
Sources:
http://www.rwrwalker.ca/RCAF_BW835_BW884.html
118/438 Sqn archives from https://heritage.canadiana.ca/
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=41447&searchfield=servicenumber&type=all
https://caspir.warplane.com/asrc/acn/200001488/#BW839
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2020 21:21 | tachel | Added |
| 04-Jan-2024 20:16 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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