Date:	Sunday 6 October 1940
Time:	c.
Type:	Fairey Swordfish Mk I
Owner/operator:	826 Sqn FAA RN
Registration:	F4-?
MSN:	-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Sea, off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Aircraft carrier HMS Furious
Destination airport:	Aircraft carrier HMS Furious

Narrative:
826 Sqn. Royal Navy FAA, Fairey Swordfish, operating from aircraft carrier HMS Furious, crashed into the North Sea off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, Dudley Alastair Nixon Watt

US Destroyers-UK Base Exchange, October 1940 (naval-history.net)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Y0126
Roll of Honour - Dorset - Langton Matravers, The Old Malthouse School (roll-of-honour.com)

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

12 April 1940	????? U3-L	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	Ofotfjorden to the west of Narvik,		w/o
13 April 1940	????? U4-G	816 Sqn FAA RN	0	Narvik Harbour,		sub
25 April 1940	????? A4-A	820 Sqn FAA RN	0	North Sea, off the Central Norwegian coast,		w/o
16 May 1940	????? H3-G	814 Sqn FAA RN	2	Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone,		w/o
18 May 1940	?????	823 Sqn FAA RN	2	North Sea, off the Norwegian coast		w/o
18 May 1940	?????	823 Sqn FAA RN	0	North Sea off the Isle of Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland		w/o
21 June 1940	????? G4-?	823 Sqn FAA RN	2	Trondheim Harbour,		w/o
21 June 1940	L???? G4-?	823 Sqn FAA RN	2	Trondheim Harbour,		w/o
21 July 1940	?????	813 Sqn FAA RN	1	Mediterranean Sea		w/o
27 August 1940	?????	824 Sqn FAA RN	1	Dekheila Airfield (RNAS Grebe from September 1940) Alexandria		w/o
31 August 1940	G3-B	812 Sqn FAA RN	0	English Channel		w/o
1 September 1940	?????	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	Mediterranean Sea		w/o
4 September 1940	????? 'E4-?'	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	Mediterranean Sea, off Rhodes Island, Greece.		w/o
Ditching
24 September 1940	'A2-?'	810 Sqn FAA RN	0	at Sea, off West Africa,		w/o
20 February 1942	????? 'E4-?'	813 Sqn FAA RN	0	North Atlantic,		w/o
14 April 1943	DK750	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
28 April 1943	HS226	824 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
8 June 1943	HS346	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
8 June 1943	HS543	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		w/o
16 June 1943	HS549	818 Sqn FAA RN	0	'HMS Unicorn', the Irish Sea,		sub
4 May 1945	NS134	705 Sqn FAA RN	2	Irish Sea, off the Isle of Man,		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2021 15:50	Peter Clarke	Added