ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152268
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| Date: | Sunday 6 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 516 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Carse Farm, near Stirling -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Connel, Scotland |
| RAF Connel |
This aircraft was one of three Hurricanes from 516 (Combined Operations) Squadron providing support in the form of mock low-level attacks on the ships and troops taking part in an amphibious landing exercise in Kentra Bay.
Thick fog was encountered on the way back to Base and the flight split up, the pilots intending to make their way home independently.
One pilot headed east, climbing above the cloud to 6,000 feet. Then, almost out of fuel, he was preparing to bale out when he spotted a break in the cloud layer and spiraled down through it, making a wheels-up landing in a field near Stirling.
P/O Larry Figgis RAFVR was unhurt in the incident and his aircraft was probably repairable.
Sources:
http://www.combinedops.com/516%20Sqd.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jan-2013 12:57 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Aug-2013 19:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Sep-2013 02:43 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-May-2015 22:41 | angels one five | Updated [Location] |
| 09-May-2015 11:30 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 04:51 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 18-May-2015 11:22 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2019 19:40 | angels one five | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
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