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| Date: | Friday 20 October 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Master Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | N7415 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Burton Meadows Farm, Llyndir Lane, Burton, Rossett, Wrexham -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
Miles Master N7415, 5 FTS, RAF Sealand: Written off (destroyed) 20/10/39 when went out of control, and spun into the ground at Burton Meadows Farm, Llyndir Lane, Burton, Rossett, Wrexham, Denbeighshire. Both crew were killed:
Flt Lt William Arnold Lindrea Locker (Service Number 34241, aged 23) killed
Pilot Officer John Guy Leonard Haigh (Service Number 91152, aged 25) killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (1937 to 1942 Production) (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 2nd Edition, 1977 p.47)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735521/locker,-william-arnold-lindrea/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2735921/haigh,-john-guy-leonard/
5. http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/aircrash/CPAT%201249%20v2%20-%20Public%20version.pdf
6. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/flight-lieutenant-william-arnold-lindrea-locker-20-10-1939.24281/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2018 17:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:13 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
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