ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152964
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| Date: | Friday 29 August 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Westland Lysander Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | TFPP RAF |
| Registration: | T1675 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | New Luce, Wigtownshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lyneham |
| RAF Prestwick |
The Lysander was being flown from Lyneham to Prestwick by a pilot of the Training Ferry Pilot Pool, Second Officer Jack Allan Marcus (USA) ATA, when it crashed into a hill at New Luce.
Jack Marcus was killed in the crash. He is buried at Stranraer.
Passenger LAC John Tannock Costine RAF died in this crash too, and is buried in Kilmarnock Cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
ATA Casualties.
RAF Casualties-1941.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Feb-2013 20:07 | angels one five | Added |
| 01-Feb-2013 20:08 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 14-Mar-2013 20:20 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 11-Mar-2019 06:35 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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