ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192760
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 January 1944 |
| Time: | 13:05 |
| Type: |  Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIC |
| Owner/operator: | 9 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T5277 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shaw Hill, 3.5 miles west of Langholm, Dumfriesshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 12 January 1944 the Beaufighter VIC T5277 of 9(Coastal) OTU RAF took off at about 1145 for a training sortie, a practice QGH (course to steer), veered off track after a w/t failure in poor weather and flew into cloud-covered Shaw Hill, 3.5 miles west of Langholm, Dumfriesshire at 1305 hrs. Both crew died, the pilot being buried at Chester, Cheshire
Crew (both killed)
Flt Sgt Herbert Clement Aislabie RNZAF (pilot, NZ424404) – Age 23. 386hrs
Flg Off Albert John Mabey (navigator, 151263) - Age 22
Sources:
http://horowhenua.kete.net.nz/documents/0000/0000/1065/DONE_AISLABIE_Herbert_C__-_For_your_Tomorrow.pdf
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/11657.php
https://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2690799
http://ncap.org.uk/
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/http:%2F%2Faerial.rcahms.gov.uk%2Fgeo%2Fusi%2F006-002-002-923-C.kml/data=!4m2!2m1!4b1?dg=dbrw&newdg=1
added total fatalities (17/07)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2017 06:53 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 27-Nov-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jul-2019 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
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