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| Date: | Tuesday 26 October 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles Martinet TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1481 (TT & G) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | HP322 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea, off Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Miles Martinet RP322, 1481 (TT & G) Flight RAF Binbrook: Missing (failed to return) from a sortie 26-10-1943.Training flight from which the aircraft failed to return. Tasked with flying the Lincolnshire coastline. Weather conditions were foggy. Search aircraft reported a wing floating on the surface of the sea, from which was believed to have come from the Martinet. Aircraft posted as "missing believed destroyed". Both crew members were listed as missing, presumed killed on active service:
Crew of Martinet RP322
F/O (Aus.403348) Noel Henry KNIGHT-BROWN (pilot) RAAF - killed on active service 26-10-1943
F/Sgt (NZ415049) Raymond Johnston WRIGHT (TTOp.) RNZAF- killed on active service 26-10-1943
As very little wreckage was found (see above) and neither of the two members of the crew were ever found or recovered, they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses.
2. 1481 Flight RAF ORB AIR29/870/8: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7161917
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1802882/noel-henry-knight-brown/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1532171/raymond-johnston-wright/
5. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/113215/
6. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/126072/
7. https://wartimememoriesproject.com/ww2/view.php?uid=229065
8. https://www.rafcommands.com/database/awards/details.php?qnum=415049&qname=WRIGHT
9. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15266938/raymond-wright
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2023 20:14 | Dr. John Smith | Updated |
| 06-Jul-2023 17:23 | Nepa | Updated |
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