ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 275142
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Date: | Thursday 11 November 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
Owner/operator: | 808 NAS FAA RN |
Registration: | NM929 |
MSN: | 4004 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Yealand Redmayne, 3 miles north of Carnforth, Lancashire, England -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Burscough, (HMS Ringtail), Lancashire, UK |
Destination airport: | RNAS Burscough, (HMS Ringtail), Lancashire, UK |
Narrative:During a Wing Air Exercise, operating out of RNAS Burscough, Lancashire, 808 Squadron Seafire NM929 (Pilot, Sub Lt, E A Philpott RNVR) collided with 886 Squadron Seafire LR693 (Pilot,Sub Lt, R A Colbeck RNZN). The two aircraft crashed at Yealand Redmayne, North of Carnforth, Lancashire killing both pilots
Sources:
http://laituk.org/Seafires%20LR693%20&%20NM929.html http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p081.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron#:~:text=808%20Squadron%20was%20formed%20at%20RNAS%20Worthy%20Down,to%20Wick%20for%20the%20defence%20of%20the%20dockyards. http://aircrewremembered.com/colbeck-ralph-austin.html https://images-of-burscough.co.uk/index.php/hms-ringtail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNAS_Burscough_(HMS_Ringtail)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2022 18:30 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
07-Feb-2022 16:02 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Operator] |
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