Date:	Thursday 23 March 1944
Time:
Type:	Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib
Owner/operator:	609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF
Registration:	MN140
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	North Seaton, Ashington, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington

Narrative:
Typhoon MN140 was destroyed when it spun into the ground at North Seaton, Ashington, near Blyth in Northumberland. The pilot was killed.

Pilot:
F/O (148947) Charles Firmin Joseph DETAL DFC RAFVR - killed.
(prev. Aéronautique Militaire Belge 5/3 Aé)
R.I.P.

Please note the correct date of this accident, 23/3/44, not 23/3/43.

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
23-Jan-2011 12:04	ThW	Added
09-Nov-2011 02:09	angels one five	Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative]
13-Jan-2012 23:45	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source]
02-Apr-2015 19:32	Heil	Updated [Narrative]
09-Aug-2019 04:42	angels one five	Updated [Narrative]
16-Oct-2021 05:05	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Nov-2021 08:29	angels one five	Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]