ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193902
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 February 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 43 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L1729 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Hurricane I L1729 FT-S of 43 Sqn RAF was making a night take off from the very muddy airfield of Acklington, Northumberland; its engine failed and its take off run was too long. It eventually became airborne only to clip a haystack, snap a telegraph pole and crash into trees just off the airfield, smashing no less than 36 larch trees. Luckily the aircraft did not burn, and the pilot, Flg Off Joseph Cunningham Simpson 36147 RAF, walked out with a bloodied and broken nose only to find that his close friend Caesar Hull, convinced that he was dead, had already purloined his electric razor.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=15171
“Osprey Aviation Elite Units 9: No 43 ’Fighting Cocks’ Squadron”, by Andy Saunders, ISBN 1-84176-439-6
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Acklington
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Mar-2017 18:06 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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