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| Date: | Wednesday 10 March 1943 |
| Time: | 06:05 |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator II |
| Owner/operator: | 1412 Met Flt RAF |
| Registration: | N5831 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Wadi Seidna -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wadi Seidna |
Pilot taxied with excessive speed and slammed into the fuel dump causing an explosion and major fire. He was hospitalized at the base hospital with 2nd and 3rd degree burns to most of his body and succombed to his injuries 14 hours later.
Pilot was R/88217 WO2 Charles Righter Dixon (American in the RCAF)
Sources:
WO2 Dixon's personnel records from DND Archives Canada which include the offical RAF accident report
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/7532087
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N5831
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?q=88217&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2022 18:39 | tachel | Added |
| 09-Feb-2022 22:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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