ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 159910
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| Date: | Thursday 27 July 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk IIC |
| Owner/operator: | 42 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | LF327 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ollerton Park, Ollerton, Shropshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawarden, Cheshire |
Hurricane, PG536 of 83 Operational Training Unit Peplow, had a mid-air collision with Hurricane LF327 of 42 OTU, based at Hawarden.
It is believed that the accident was a case of bad timing, as one of the Hurricanes was descending through cloud as the other was flying just underneath it, and they collided. The pilot of LF327, Pilot Officer W. H. Skelton, of the Royal Canadian Air Force, also died
Sources:
1. Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft PA100-RZ999
2. http://www.helensburgh-heritage.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=556:burgh-pilot-died-in-crash&catid=88:military&Itemid=462
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2013 07:10 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Sep-2013 07:12 | JINX | Updated [Date, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2015 03:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-May-2015 11:42 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-May-2015 11:43 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Sep-2021 09:42 | Anon. | Updated [Location] |
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