ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48421
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| Date: | Thursday 19 October 1944 |
| Time: | 03:15 approx |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 1651 HCU RAF |
| Registration: | LK488 |
| MSN: | QQ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Top of Mickle Fell, Pennine Mountains, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire |
| Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire |
The Stirling struck the southern side of fog-enshrouded Mickle Fell while on a night navigation exercise.
The bomber appears to have cartwheeled for some distance, breaking up as it went.
There was only 1 survivor of the crash, the tail gunner, Warrant Officer Allen Small, Royal New Zealand Air Force. He spent five weeks in hospital recovering from his injuries.
Lest we forget : Flight Sergeant Peter Young, Royal New Zealand Air Force, pilot, Flight Sergeant Neil Burgess, RNZAF, navigator, Flight Sergeant Jack Stack, RNZAF, front turret gunner, Flight Sergeant Rex Furey, RNZAF, wireless operator, Flight Sergeant George Child, RNZAF, dorsal turret gunner, and Flight Sergeant Bertram Davies, Royal Air Force, flight engineer.
Sources:
www.allenby.info/aircraft/planes/dales/lk488.html
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft LA100 - LZ999, published 1991
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK488&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2008 03:27 | angels one five | Added |
| 03-Jan-2012 06:54 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2014 15:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2014 15:16 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2019 07:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 05-Sep-2021 13:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 05-Sep-2021 13:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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