Date:	Thursday 18 January 1940
Time:	10:30
Type:	Hawker Hurricane Mk 1
Owner/operator:	43 Sqn RAF
Registration:	L1734
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Liddles Field, Red Row, South Broomhill, Northumberland, England -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland
Destination airport:	RAF Acklington, Northumberland

Narrative:
Hawker Hurricane L1734 ("FT-G") of 43 Squadron, RAF Acklington. Written off (destroyed) 18.1.40 when collided with Hurricane L2066 ("FT-M", also of 43 Squadron) over Liddle's Field, Red Row, Broomhill, Acklington, Northumberland (known locally as Jobson's Field). while returning from a Convoy Patrol over the North Sea. Both pilots of both Hurricanes were killed.
ORB record of events doc AIR27/441/2 records Sgt Steeley as pilot of L2066 and Sgt Mullinger as pilot of L1734

Pilot of Hurricane L1734:
Sgt. Henry John Steeley (565952) RAF - killed in active service
Pilot o

1. Almost Forgotten: The Search for Aviation Accidents in Northumberland By Chris R. Davies
2. http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=10883
3. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2714501/steeley,-henry-john/
5. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234963507-all-the-hurricane-questions-you-want-to-ask-here/&do=findComment&comment=1674526
6. National Archives Kew ORB Record of Events doc AIR27/441/2

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
21-Apr-2019 01:24	Dr. John Smith	Added
21-Apr-2019 01:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Registration, ]
21-Apr-2019 11:23	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, ]
06-May-2023 17:00	Nepa	Updated
16-Sep-2024 06:11	Peter194	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]