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Date: | Sunday 24 December 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
Owner/operator: | Turnhouse SF RAF |
Registration: | N3806 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Middle Norton, Ratho, 3 miles SW of RAF Turnhouse, Midlothian. -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Lothian |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Magister N3806: Dived into the ground at Middle Norton, Ratho, three miles South West of RAF Turnhouse, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 23/12/1939
Crew:
F/Lt (22136) Frank GOWER -JONES (pilot) RAF - killed
The death certificate for Flt Lt Gower-Jones records his death at Middle Norton, Ratho, South of Turnhouse airfield. Pilot was buried at Edinburgh (Corstorphine Hill) Cemetery.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. The Times, London, 2 December 1940
3.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2451801/gower-jones,-frank/ 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/15978.php 6.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57624355/frank-gower-jones Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Apr-2018 20:44 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
25-Jun-2018 00:19 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
25-Nov-2018 18:08 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
05-Nov-2019 23:04 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |