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| Date: | Friday 22 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 247 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N5649 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF St Eval airfield, Cornwall, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF St. Eval, Cornwall |
Gloster Gladiator II N5649 Crashed on night take-off from RAF St Eval when it hit a dispersal pen. 22.11.1940
Crew:
F/O (40817) Noel Inglis Chalmers Francis (pilot) RAF was uninjured but the aircraft was wrecked.
Sources:
1.http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/FrancisNIC.htm
2.http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_247.htm
3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_St_Eval
4.http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=50.478056&lon=-4.999444&z=13
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2017 18:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 10-Aug-2021 09:32 | SD | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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