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| Date: | Tuesday 21 July 1942 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 400 (City of Toronto) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG540 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gurnard's Head, Zennor, Cornwall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire |
400 (City of Toronto) Squadron was in the process of re-equipping with the Mustang. Flt Lt McGrath RCAF was flying AG540 on a low-level navex from RAF Middle Wallop. In conditions of patchy fog he flew into the hillside at Gurnard's Head, about 100 yards inland from the sea.The Mustang was totally destroyed and its pilot was killed.
F/Lt (J/3517) John Felix McGrath RCAF.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1942
http://web.archive.org/web/20160304210438/http://rafdavidstowmoor.org/crash-log/view-1942-crash-log
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2013 08:30 | angels one five | Added |
| 07-Apr-2015 08:31 | DB | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jan-2018 10:32 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 15:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 16:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 16-Feb-2018 17:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2018 21:00 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 01:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 09:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 28-Aug-2019 21:49 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 19-Sep-2019 09:31 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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