ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207864
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| Date: | Monday 5 July 1943 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  North American Mustang Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2(AC) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AP220 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire |
| RAF Sawbridgeworth |
On return from a long operational flight the pilot proceeded to beat up the airfield at very low level. On entering a series of rolls, the first was completed but the aircraft crashed during the second and caught fire.
Pilot:
Flying Officer W R Butt, killed.
Sources:
2(AC) Sqn ORB
'Where the Lysanders were .....' (the story of Sawbridgeworth's airfields) by Paul Doyle, pub 1995 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing, ISBN 09525 624 05.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2018 17:22 | paddy | Added |
| 14-Nov-2018 15:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Sep-2019 09:46 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 19:16 | paddy | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2021 04:07 | angels one five | Updated [Time] |
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