ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235111
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| Date: | Friday 16 April 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Westland Whirlwind Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 137 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P7121 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF Manston, near Ramsgate, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Manston, Kent |
There was no operational flying on 16 April 1943 for 137 Sqn RAF but practice flights continued. During one of them Flg Off John Hadow, who had been with the squadron for only six weeks, was killed in the crash of his Whirlwind I P7121. He was practicing dive-bombing over the squadron's base, Manston airfield at 1000 hrs and was seen to pull out of a dive at 5,000 ft when his aircraft flicked over and crashed into the ground.
Sources:
"Whirlwind: Westland's Enigmatic Fighter", by Niall Corduroy. ISBN 978-1-78155-037-3
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?297-Whirlwind-P7121
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Manston
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=fr&lat=51.348000&lon=1.350000&z=9&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2020 16:22 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 17-Jul-2023 08:37 | Nepa | Updated |
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