ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192502
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 January 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fairey Fulmar |
| Owner/operator: | 803 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing, South Atlantic -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The aircraft carrier HMS Formidable and her escort departed Scapa Flow at 2000 on 18 December 1940 to operate as Force K in the South Atlantic to search for the German heavy cruiser chasing Allied merchant shipping in the area. During these operations, a Fulmar of 803 Squadron failed to return to the aircraft carrier from a reconnaisance flight on 1st January 1941. Petty Officer Harold Aloysius Glover and Petty Officer Ronald Frederick Hurford were both never seen again.
Sources:
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4012-25DEC02.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKWW2-4101-28JAN01.htm
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1941-01JAN.htm
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2017 20:12 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 02-Jan-2017 20:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 25-Nov-2018 18:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2021 21:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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