ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209638
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Date: | Monday 11 September 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 79 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1707 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Chelsham, near Oxted, Surrey -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk I L1707, 79 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent: Written off (destroyed) 11/9/39 when it dived into the ground at Chelsham, near Oxted, Surrey. Pilot - Flt Lt Richard Willoughby Reynolds (Service Number 33280, aged 24) - was killed
Chelsham is a village in the civil parish of Chelsham and Farleigh and the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. It is located in the Metropolitan Green Belt, 15.3 miles (24.6 km) from London, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Oxted and 23.8 miles (38.3 km) from Guildford.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 3.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsham 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2824727/reynolds,-richard-willoughby/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Apr-2018 00:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
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03-Oct-2018 07:14 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
23-Apr-2019 22:53 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
13-Apr-2022 00:35 |
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13-Apr-2022 00:35 |
angels one five |
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10-May-2022 09:55 |
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