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| Date: | Friday 10 October 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | TFPP ATA |
| Registration: | L8268 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luton, Bedfordshire. |
| RAF Carlisle, Cumbria |
Magister I L8268: Took off for a ferry flight from Luton to Carlisle. 10/10/1941
The pilot died at the controls of his planewhen it crash-landed, aircraft stalled on approach to Annan.
Crew:
Second Officer Timothy John Manley CORSELLIS (pilot) ATA - killed
As noted by a previous researcher at source 1, the casualty pack is available to consult at the UK National Archives.
The crash is also commemorated by a small memorial at the site (see source 2).
Timothy Corsellis was a published poet and is featured in series five of the BBC television programme ‘A House Through Time - Two Cities at War’. See source 3.
Sources:
1. AIR81/9531
2. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/71538
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64y9/episodes/guide
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Oct-2022 16:01 | Nepa | Added [Operator, ] |
| 14-Dec-2024 07:42 | Richard | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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