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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1920 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo |
| Owner/operator: | 210 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N7997 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 4 miles east of Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gosport, Hampshire |
Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo, N7997, 210 Squadron, RAF; Written off (damaged beyond repair) 7 September 1920 when
crashed while part of a formation carrying out a practice torpedo attack on the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth. Aircraft came down 4 miles east of Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight. Wreckage recovered and salvaged later the same day by HMS Coventry.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: "Royal Navy Aircraft 1911 - 1919" (1992)
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._210_Squadron_RAF#Between_the_wars
3. [photo of wreckage being recovered]: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hms-coventry-salvages-sopwith-cuckoo-242300101
4. https://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/iowc.html
5. https://www.kingstonaviation.org/sopwith-day-by-day/1920-1923/
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Cuckoo#Operational_history
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandown_Bay
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2021 18:18 | Castleace | Added |
| 21-Sep-2023 07:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
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