ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 118811
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| Date: | Sunday 27 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb |
| Owner/operator: | 5th FSqn /52nd FGp USAAF |
| Registration: | BM582 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beacon Hill, Barrow-in-Furness, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Goxhill, Lincolnshire |
On 27 September 1942, 1st Lt George T Keough of 5th FS, 52nd FG USAAF, was killed when his Spitfire Vb BM582 flew into the ground at Beacon Hill, Barrow-in-Furness, near his base of Goxhill, after hitting an object in the air.
Sources:
http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/19884
http://raf-112-squadron.org/52ndfghonor_roll42_43.html
https://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/AARmonthly/Sep1942O.htm
https://www.bcar.org.uk/new1942-incident-logs
https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/56291306/george-t-keough
https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/beacon-hill-barrow-in-furness
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jan-2012 14:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 23-Mar-2020 18:30 | DG333 | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 04-Feb-2021 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 27-Sep-2021 14:10 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 10-Dec-2021 12:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Operator] |
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