ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 245322
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 May 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Blackburn Roc Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 806 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | ????? L6-? |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Detling, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Detling, Kent, England |
| - |
The 806 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy Blackburn Roc was taking off from RAF Detling, Kent to join up with two Skua's to carry out an early morning, English Channel, fighter patrol off the Dunkirk coast, when following lift off, it crashed into nearby woods.
Crew:
Pilot, Midshipman, Jack Marshall and Air Gunner, Naval Airman, Kenneth Llewellyn Jones survived the crash with only minor injuries.
Sources:
806 Naval Air Squadron: The FAA's Top-Scoring Fighter Squadron of the Second ... - Brian Cull, Frederick Galea - Google Books
The Fleet Air Arm over Dunkirk | Naval Air History
806 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 1939 | L3063 | 830 Sqn FAA RN | 2 | North Sea, off the Caithness Coast, Scotland | |
w/o |
| 31 August 1940 | L3115 | 759 Sqn FAA RN | 2 | Crawley,West Sussex, England, | |
w/o |
| 24 October 1940 | L3172 | 2 AACU RAF | 0 | - | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2020 00:48 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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