Accident Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC BD940,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 71906
 
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Date:Saturday 22 November 1941
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic HURI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC
Owner/operator:1 Sqn RAF
Registration: BD940
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Haylands, Ryde, Isle of Wight -   United Kingdom
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Tangmere, Sussex
Destination airport:
Narrative:
BD940 collided in the air with another Hurricane of the same squadron, Z3900.
Crew:
Sgt (938146) Leslie James TRAVIS (pilot) RAFVR - killed



Sources:

Battle in The Skies over the Isle of Wight
H J T Leal
Isle of Wight County Press. 1988
RAF Casualties-1941.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Jan-2010 04:36 John Baker Added
17-May-2013 22:25 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
26-Jul-2013 15:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative]
25-Sep-2013 00:12 angels one five Updated [Operator, Narrative]
09-May-2015 11:08 Angel dot comma Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative]

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