ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19552
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| Date: | Thursday 28 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 222 (Natal) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L5953 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 28 March 1940 21-years old Plt Off James Olliff Griffits of 222 Sqn RAF was killed when the Miles Magister I training aircraft L5953, he was flying, dived into the ground from on top of a loop at Fowlmere, during a landing and local flying exercise.
Sources:
http://www.bansteadhistory.com/Memorial/2_G.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21753-Air-81-Trance-4-Part-1-Air-81-1742-to-AIr-81-1999-Now-with-Open-Status
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowlmere
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/cambridgeshire-county/fowlmere/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2008 01:53 | JINX 40 | Added |
| 19-Jan-2012 02:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 04-Aug-2013 15:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Feb-2015 16:46 | Victor III | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 18-Jul-2017 08:48 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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