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Date: | Sunday 4 August 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Fairey Swordfish Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 812 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | P4007 |
MSN: | F4234 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Ford, West Sussex, England |
Destination airport: | RNAS Ford, West Sussex, England |
Narrative:812 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairy Swordfish P4007 'G3-Q', operating from RNAS Ford (HMS Peregrine), West Sussex, England, was shot down into the North Sea off Noordwijk Town, South Holland, Netherlands, during a bombing raid on Rotterdam, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, Ralph Churchill Eborn and Observer, Lieutenant, Timothy Armstrong, Johnston.
Sources:
Swordfish P4007 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
War in Mediterranean, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Feb-2021 00:08 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
13-Feb-2021 21:39 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
12-Jun-2022 22:04 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |