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Date: | Saturday 20 October 1945 |
Time: | dusk |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
Owner/operator: | 521 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | PG470 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near RAF Marham, near King Lynn, Norfolk, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Langham, Blakeney, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane PG470: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 20 October 1945 when Radio Failed and aircraft Hit HT overhead power cable attempting to force land at dusk, in fading light, while lost on met recce flight. Aircraft came down near Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Pilot survived.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Halley, James (1999). Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents. Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. pp.14. ISBN 0-85130-290-4.
3.
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/521_wwII.html 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Langham#Langham_units 5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._521_Squadron_RAF .
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Sep-2013 02:16 |
JINX |
Added |
01-May-2015 14:31 |
Weeks |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
18-Oct-2019 23:03 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2019 23:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
21-Oct-2019 17:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source] |
22-Sep-2020 08:18 |
TB |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
16-Jul-2023 20:32 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Location, Operator]] |