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| Date: | Thursday 29 October 1942 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  North American P-51 Mustang Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AG456 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Court Front Hotel, Ludgershall, Buckinghamshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Sawbridgeworth |
Aircraft was leader of a three-ship formation that had difficulty finding base due to a combination of inadequate radio communications, bad weather and low cloud and (after the two wingmen had come to grief separately) turned west to find better weather. When fuel ran out pilot baled out and landed near A41 road, the aircraft crashed into hotel grounds at Ludgershall.
P/O (126594) Peter Maxwell GORDON-CROSBY (pilot) RAFVR - uninjured.
Sources:
'Where the Lysanders Were .....' by Paul A Doyle
(09525 624 05), pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2017 17:11 | paddy | Added |
| 25-Nov-2017 12:00 | paddy | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:10 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 05-Dec-2017 11:44 | paddy | Updated [Time, ] |
| 28-Dec-2017 14:58 | paddy | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Feb-2018 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2018 06:52 | paddy | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Mar-2018 06:52 | paddy | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2018 15:35 | paddy | Updated [Operator, ] |
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