ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90033
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| Date: | Sunday 27 October 1940 |
| Time: | 10:25 |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 (China-British) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1963 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cong Burn Dene, Edmondsley, County Durham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Usworth, Durham |
| RAF Usworth |
The pilot of this Hurricane had been instructed to climb to 25,000 feet and practice aerobatics at that height.
Either during the climb or in the aerobatic phase other pilots saw the aircraft enter a steep dive from which it did not recover.
The Hurricane crashed at high speed and buried itself in the ground ten yards from Cong Burn Dene, part of Waldridge Woods.
There was no apparent cause of the crash and oxygen failure was suspected.
Pilot:
Sgt (758096) Leonard Vivian Toogood RAFVR - killed in a flying accident. Aged 20, he was from Portsmouth and joined the RAF in July 1939.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?33941-27th-October-1940-we-remember
http://bbm.org.uk/Toogood.htm
The Battle of Britain Then and Now.
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2011 19:43 | angels one five | Added |
| 06-Jan-2012 08:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2012 10:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport] |
| 22-Jan-2012 23:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2013 17:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2013 17:28 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2015 21:37 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2015 00:25 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 09:00 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2019 01:51 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2021 04:50 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 16-Nov-2023 16:03 | Dr Paul Allonby | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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