ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19553
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 February 1941 |
| Time: | 15:00 |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 17 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | L5951 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Sawtry, Huntingdonshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upwood |
On 25 February 1941 the Magister I L5951 of 17 OTU RAF took off from Upwood airfield for a training flight only to fly high-tension cables and crash at 1500 hrs near Sawtry. 26-years old Flt Lt Timothy Roderick Manson, described as a pilot/navigator, was killed and is buried in Groton (St. Bartholomew) Churchyard. Another passenger of the crew was wounded but his name is not known.
Sources:
http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/17otulosses.html
"Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses, volume 7: Operational Training Units 1940-1947", by W R Chorley, ISBN 1-85780-132-6
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawtry
http://www.maplandia.com/united-kingdom/england/east-anglia/cambridgeshire-county/sawtry/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2008 01:53 | JINX 40 | Added |
| 04-Nov-2013 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Oct-2016 19:21 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2018 10:43 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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