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| Date: | Wednesday 12 June 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Blackburn Botha Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Blackburn Denny |
| Registration: | L6390 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | East Walkinshaw, Renfrew -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire |
| Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire |
Dived into ground near Abbotsinch during manufacturer's test flight 12 June 1940. Both crew killled
Crew of Botha L6390:
Aircraftman 2nd Class Frank R. Haines, RAF 545488, killed 12/06/1940, buried at Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
Pilot Officer (Test Pilot) Cecil T. Locke, RAFVR 72999, killed 12/06/1940, Elloughton (St. Mary) Churchyard Extension, Yorkshire, UK
Locke's death is registered at Renfrew, place of death given as East Walkinshaw, Renfrew. This is now hard by Glasgow (Abbotsinch) Airport. Which means that he probably was the pilot of this plane: Botha I - L6390 - 'Makers' - dived into ground near Abbotsinch
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978)
2. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2407812/locke,-cecil-thomas/
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2710174/haines,-frank-richard/
4. https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=51
5. https://www.pprune.org/aviation-history-nostalgia/507102-blackburn-botha-crashes-1940-a.html
6. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/unit_unknown.html#1206
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2014 07:22 | PKM | Added |
| 11-Sep-2019 04:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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