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| Date: | Friday 29 January 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles Martinet TT Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 118 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HP138 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Coltishall -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Coltishall |
Aircraft was taking off towing a drogue for some air to air firing training, unfortunately the propeller was in coarse pitch and failed to get airborne. It crashed into a tree at the end of the runway and caught fire. The pilot was slightly injured, his passenger later died in hospital.
Pilot: R/67815 F/Sgt Thomas Joseph De Courcy (RCAF) - Injured
Passenger Pilot: P/780559 Sgt Kazimierz Felus (Polish AF) - Killed
Sources:
The National Archives UK - 118 Sqn wartime records
Archives Canada - Personnel records of the Pilot De Courcy (Ancestry.ca)
RCAFA https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=de+courcy&searchfield=field_all&type=all
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7503407/kazimierz-felus/
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=hp138&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2025 15:01 | tachel | Added |
| 11-May-2025 16:15 | tachel | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-May-2025 16:29 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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