ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248004
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Date: | Friday 5 July 1918 |
Time: | |
Type: | Sopwith Ship Strutter |
Owner/operator: | HMS Glorious RAF |
Registration: | A5990 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea area -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | HMS Glorious |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Taking off from battleship HMS Glorious, from front gun turret, aircraft capsized, hit deck and fell into sea. Wreck salved salved and taken to Scapa Flow.
Crew:
Pilot - Lt H W Adams (killed)
Observer - Lt R A Russell
Sources:
1.
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/rfc/files/_cascards.txt 2. Air Britain: "Royal Navy Aircraft Serials and Units 1911 - 1919)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-Feb-2021 19:54 |
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