ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237962
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Date: | Monday 25 August 1941 |
Time: | 23:30 |
Type: | Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF |
Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X7570 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Wittering, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Beaufighter X7570: Accident on took off in RAF Wittering. 25/08/1941
Pilot has it he mistook an obstruction light for a flare path light and collided with a tree after taking off breaking his back. The aircraft burned down.
Crew:
W/Cdr (05168) David Francis William ATCHERLEY DFC (pilot) RAF - injured
F/Lt (77424) John Hunter HUNTER-TOD (obs.) RAF - injured
Sources:
1.http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17206136
2.AIR81/8557
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Jul-2020 10:37 |
Nepa |
Added [Operator] |
13-May-2021 14:49 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Operator] |
12-Oct-2022 13:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
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