Incident Fairey Battle Mk I L5229,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 311258
 
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Date:Tuesday 13 February 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic bttl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:Abingdon SF RAF
Registration: L5229
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:English Channel -   United Kingdom
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Battle L5229: aircraft accident, over the English Channel, Battle L5229, 98 Squadron, 13/02/1940.
Crew:
P/O (78889) Andrew Guthrie WHITE (pilot) RAFVR: injured (NCO:842802 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 21 May, 1940)
Sgt R W SPILLAR (obs) RAF : injured;

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses by W R CHORLEY,
Henk Welting's Database
AIR81/1827
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
23-Apr-2023 01:01 redsix Added
13-Feb-2024 07:37 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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