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| Date: | Monday 24 November 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Avro Manchester Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 97 (The Straits Settlements) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R5792 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Walpole St Andrew, Norfolk, 3 km SE of RAF Sutton Bridge, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire |
| RAF Coningsby |
Mid-air collision with Hurricane I V6864 whilst on a training flight and crashed.
All on board were killed. They were :
F/O Henry Thomas Hill
F/Sgt Arthur Carris Smith
Sgt Francis Martin Edwards
Sgt Jesse Frew
Sgt Fred Holt
Sgt Ernest Charles Hutton
Sgt John Newton
R.I.P.
Sources:
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft P1000 - R9999, published 1996
RAF Casualties-1941.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 06:50 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 22-Mar-2013 22:42 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Mar-2013 22:44 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2013 13:38 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2013 05:05 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 24-Oct-2013 23:15 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2018 15:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-Dec-2019 09:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 26-Jun-2023 17:24 | Nepa | Updated |
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