ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 140366
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Date: | Friday 5 February 1943 |
Time: | day |
Type: | North American Mustang Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 41 OTU RAF |
Registration: | AP216 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Irish Sea near Prestatyn Ranges, Flintshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Flintshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Plt Off. David Shingleton-Smith of 41 OTU RAF was killed on 5 February 1943 when his Mustang Mk I AP216 hit a pole and crashed into the sea at Prestatyn Ranges, Flintshire.
Sources:
http://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?cat=41 http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7852-430205-Unaccounted-airmen-5-2-1943 [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.airfieldinformationexchange.org/community/showthread.php?1297-Bombing-Ranges/page20]
https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm?lat=53.34896303972394&lon=-3.368039131164551&gz=16&oz=8%3E=1 http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/wales/wales/denbighshire-sir-ddinbych/prestatyn/ Revision history:
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11-Dec-2011 04:09 |
angels one five |
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11-Dec-2011 04:23 |
angels one five |
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17-Jan-2012 11:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
04-Dec-2012 12:53 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
06-Nov-2017 09:37 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
10-Mar-2018 08:02 |
angels one five |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
18-Apr-2021 18:47 |
angels one five |
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28-Dec-2023 17:18 |
Anon. |
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