ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 274707
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| Date: | Friday 23 July 1943 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
| Owner/operator: | 886 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | NM919 |
| MSN: | 3942 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | The Firth of Clyde, Scotland, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker' |
| Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker' |
During flying training from the aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker', stationed in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Seafire NM919 suffered a landing accident on the 23rd July 1943, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The Pilot, Lt, H G Thom RAN safely survived the accident.
Aircraft carrier 'HMS Attacker, following modifications and working up at Liverpool, between April and July 1943, arrived in Scotland to embark 879 and 886 RN Air Squadrons from the Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, for flying training, prior to deployment for operations in the Mediterranean in early August 1943.
Sources:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ATTACKER.htm#.Ye8xaNHP2M8
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/886_Squadron.htm#.Ye80pNHP2M_
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p081.html
https://www.bing.com/maps?q=Royal+Naval+Air+Station+Machrihanish+%28HMS+Landrail%29%2C&form=ANNTH1&refig=6a8afa02bf9a4b5692ba32fd4a3526c9
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2022 14:13 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 15:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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