Incident Brewster F3A-1 Corsair Mk III JS639,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 81964
 
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Date:Sunday 27 May 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic CORS model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Brewster F3A-1 Corsair Mk III
Owner/operator:Royal Navy
Registration: JS639
MSN: Bu.08634
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Puttalam -   Sri Lanka
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Flew into barrier at Puttalam, moved to Trincomalee and w/o

Sources:

1. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/navyserials.html

2. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/f4ucorsair/bureau-numbers-bunos-wth-loss-information-t18.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Nov-2010 11:55 ASN archive Added
15-Nov-2010 15:30 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
02-May-2013 23:29 angels one five Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location]

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