ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 348938
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| Date: | Saturday 6 March 1943 |
| Time: | 18:45 |
| Type: |  Hawker Typhoon Mk IB |
| Owner/operator: | 1 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DN615 |
| MSN: | JX- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Glassenbury, near Cranbrook, Kent -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill |
| RAF Biggin Hill | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
2 x No 1 Sqn Typhoons were returning to Biggin Hill from an evening patrol in bad weather. Low clouds, drizzle and visibility at less than 1000 yards. Both aircraft were on approach in cloud. The pilot of this aircraft decided to climb over the clouds and collided with Typhoon R8942. The two aircraft crashed killing both pilots.
Pilot was J/15843 F/O George Carson Whitmore (RCAF)
Sources:
No 1 Sqn (RAF) war time records from The National Archives UK
Personnel record of the pilot F/O GC Whitmore (RCAF) from Ancestry.ca WW2 military records
https://aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=15843&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.thetyphoonproject.org/raf/George%20Carson-Whitmore.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Dec-2023 23:03 | tachel | Added |
| 18-Dec-2023 23:04 | tachel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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