ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 305596
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:45 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | RAF 34 OTU |
| Registration: | AE728 |
| MSN: | 37-4071 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick -
 Canada
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
Aug 26, 1942 at 245am at 34 OTU, Pennfield Ridge, NB Canada. At the end of night flight training with crew of Sgt. Albert George Baker GB1435654 (student pilot) and P/O William Reginald "Reg" Neil Cook J11618 (student wireless operator/air gunner) as part of the No.1 Course training on Venturas. During landing, the plane ran off the landing strip and the starboard landing gear collapsed. Type "B" crash.
Sources:
AE728 Aircraft record card
AE728 Accident card
34 OTU Operational record book for August, 1942
Images:
Sourced from author Andy Thomas
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