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| Date: | Wednesday 7 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bristol Beaufort Mk IIA |
| Owner/operator: | TDU RAF |
| Registration: | AW335 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gosport, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
From 1939 to 1943 the RAF Torpedo Development Unit (TDU) flew from RAF Station Gosport and used the Stokes Bay range was to observe the performance of torpedoes when they were dropped from aircraft. The torpedoes were not carrying any explosives and the anticipated use of the range was four drops per day.
On 7 January 1942 the Beaufort IIA AW335 of TDU crashed on take-off from Gosport due to engine failure and the two crew onboard, Fg Off Harry Edgar Charles Elliott (pilot) and AC1 St. Clair Roderick James Andrews, were killed.
Sources:
https://www.fortgilkicker.co.uk/torpedo.htm
http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/hancrash.html
http://thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/memorial/entry.php?id=74
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Sultan_%28establishment%29
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=50.802778&lon=-1.160833&z=14&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2017 15:07 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 02-Nov-2019 18:15 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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