ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275109
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| Date: | Friday 27 February 1942 |
| Time: | 15:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas Havoc Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BB900 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | English Channel off the coast of Margate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
| RAF Manston |
Havoc BB900: Took off for Training flight. 27/02/1942
The aircraft was conducting a day proficiency sortie when an engine failed.
The aircraft ditched in the English Channel off the coast of Margate. Three crewmen were rescued.
FEBRUARY 27TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 3.40 P.M. an aeroplane crashed in the sea about two miles N.E. of the life-boat station, and life-boatmen standing by at the boat-house saw part of it above water. Seven minutes later the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched. A light E. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The life-boat found three airmen clinging to two rubber dinghies, rescued them and gave them brandy. She then searched for a missing sergeant gunner, but could not find him, and returned to her station at 4.35 P.M. Two air-sea rescue boats also searched, but the missing man was not found.
(Source: RNLI Records of Service 1939-46)
Crew:
P/O (????) OFFORD (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
F/Sgt ( 950923) James Gerard SHANDLEY (Obs.) RAFVR - killed
???? (WOP/AG) : Ok
???? (AG) RAF : Ok
Sources:
1.ORB 23 Sqdn RAF
2.https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17083170
Listemann, Phil H. The Douglas Boston & Havoc Intruders (SQUADRONS 39). Philedition. Kindle Edition.
Images:
23 Sqn ORB entry for 27 Feb 42
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2022 20:27 | grapeshot418 | Added |
| 09-Feb-2022 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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