ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236533
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| Date: | Saturday 26 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 24 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BD232 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Foel Fras, Carneddau Mountains, Wales, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honeybourne, Worcestershire |
| RAF Honeybourne, Worcestershire |
Flew into Foel Fras near Llyn Dulyn whilst on a night cross country navigation exercise, there were no survivors.
Sgt Charles Alexander STUART (414356), 23, RNZAF - Llanbeblig Cemetery, Caernarfon
Sgt Victor Ralph SMITH (1390006), 18, RAFVR - Southminster (St Leonard) Churchyard
Sgt William Robert HUGHES (1317463), 28, RAFVR - Aldershot Civil Cemetery
Sgt Joseph Patrick HOOKEY (798613), 26, RAFVR - Llanbeblig Cemetery, Caernarfon
Sgt John HASSALL (1167689), 20, RAFVR - Great Wyrley Cemetery
The lower fuselage and bomb bay section of BD232 was recovered by the 'Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group' in the 1980s and is displayed in the Sleap Airfield, Museum, Shropshire.
Sources:
www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/wales/armstrong-whitworth-whitley-bd242-foel-fras/
cwgc.org
Wartime Aircraft Recovery Group Museum, Sleap Airfield, Shropshire
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/projects.htm
Images:
Sleap Airfield (EGCV), Harmer Hill Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. - 28th July 2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2020 15:53 | ordavies | Added |
| 22-Jun-2020 08:50 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, Photo] |
| 03-Jul-2020 08:45 | MIG29 | Updated [Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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