ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 247224
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 1940 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | TTU RAF |
| Registration: | K8425 |
| MSN: | F2607 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde, 5 miles off Troon, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| RAF Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire |
Torpedo Training Unit (TTU), Fairey Swordfish K8425, operating from RAF Abbotsinch, Glasgow, Scotland crashed into the sea off Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde, 5 miles off Troon, Scotland when on a torpedo attack training exercise, killing Pilot, Midshipman, George James Albert Shelley.
Sources:
Fairey Swordfish I: Firth Of Clyde | Canmore
Fall of France, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
Royal Navy Casualties, killed and died, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/RoyalNavyFleetAirArmDatabase/?q=Air+Gunner&o=Aircraft&d=asc
Royal Navy Casualties, killed and died, July 1940 (naval-history.net)
www.forces-war-records.co.uk/units/3528/rnas-sanderling
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2021 14:13 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 05-Feb-2021 16:06 | BlB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2021 21:25 | JIXON | Updated [Aircraft type, Destination airport, Operator] |
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