ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 1665
Last updated: 10 January 2021
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| Date: | 15-JAN-1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boulton Paul Defiant Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 60 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (60 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | V1182 |
| C/n / msn: | 649 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Firth of Forth -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Fortune, East Lothian |
| RAF East Fortune |
Missing over sea while on exercise. Presumed to have ditched in the Firth of Forth.
Crew:
Sgt (R/82160) Kenneth Gordon DRINKWATER (pilot) RCAF - missing.
Sgt (1027413) John Havergal LOWRY (AG) RAFVR - missing.
Both airmen are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
R.I.P.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
RAF Casuaties-1942.
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2008 03:26 | JINX | Added |
| 02-Feb-2012 08:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2014 20:26 | Tu104 | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2014 18:33 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2014 18:52 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Apr-2015 15:57 | Koumes | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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