ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246973
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| Date: | Thursday 9 May 1940 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Supermarine Walrus Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 765 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | L2225 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The Solent/Southampton Water, Hampshire, England, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, England |
| Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, England |
765 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Walrus L2225, on a training flight, from Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire, crashed and overturned when landing on the Solent/Southampton Water, Hampshire, killing Pilot, Midshipman, Peter Lewis Atkinson. The cause of the crash was due to the pilot having failed to retract its undercarriage on take off.
Sources:
765 Naval Air Squadron Crew List (royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk)
Midshipman (A) Peter Atkinson (sussexhistoryforum.co.uk)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=l2225
Supermarine Walrus PROFILE.pdf (seawings.co.uk)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1939 | L2308 | 712 Sqn FAA RAF | 1 | The Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maine, |  |
w/o |
| 31 October 1939 | L2261 | 711 Sqn FAA RN | 3 | Missing off South Africa |  |
mis |
| 13 December 1939 | K8341 | 718 Sqn FAA RN | 0 | off the River Plate, South America | |
w/o |
| 13 December 1939 | K8343 | 718 Sqn FAA RN | 0 | off the River Plate, South America | |
w/o |
| 18 January 1940 | P5648 | 712 Sqn FAA RN | 2 | Bishop Briggs, 3 miles north of Glasgow, Scotland, | |
w/o |
| 24 April 1940 | L2316 | 700 Sqn FAA RN | 3 | At sea off Fair Isle, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland, | |
w/o |
| 18 May 1940 | P5647 | 700 Sqn FAA RN | 2 | Malangen Fjord, 32 miles south west of Tromsø, |  |
w/o |
| 7 September 1940 | - | 765 Sqn FAA RN | 2 | English Channel, 8 miles south of Anvil Point, Swanage, Dorset, | |
w/o |
| 25 September 1940 | L2247 | 9 Sqn RAAF | 3 | South Atlantic Ocean off Dakar, |  |
w/o |
| 1 March 1942 | L2319 | 9 Sqn RAAF | 4 | 6 miles NE of Tanjung Pujut, Java |  |
w/o |
| 9 August 1942 | P5715 | 9 Sqn RAAF | 0 | 7 miles SE of Savo Island, Central |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2021 17:57 | Peter Clarke | Added |
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