ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16958
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Date: | Sunday 6 July 1941 |
Time: | 12:00 LT |
Type: | Bristol Bombay Mk I |
Owner/operator: | OADF RAF |
Registration: | L5837 |
MSN: | SH.30 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mediterranean Sea, 20 miles from Gibraltar -
Gibraltar
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Front, Gibraltar |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Bristol Bombay Mk.1 L5837, OADF (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight), RAF. Written off (destroyed) 6.7.41: A few minutes after take off from Gibraltar, an engine failed. The aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea some 20 miles off Gibraltar.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain)
2.
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-bristol-130-bombay-mediterranean-sea Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Mar-2008 15:01 |
JINX |
Added |
02-Dec-2018 17:46 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
19-Apr-2019 18:46 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Country, Destination airport] |
20-Apr-2019 20:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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