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Date: | Thursday 23 March 1944 |
Time: | |
Type: | Hawker Typhoon Mk Ib |
Owner/operator: | 609 (West Riding) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | MN140 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Seaton, Ashington, Northumberland, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Acklington, Northumberland |
Destination airport: | RAF Acklington |
Narrative:Typhoon MN140 was destroyed when it spun into the ground at North Seaton, Ashington, near Blyth in Northumberland. The pilot was killed.
Pilot:
F/O (148947) Charles Firmin Joseph DETAL DFC RAFVR - killed.
(prev. Aéronautique Militaire Belge 5/3 Aé)
R.I.P.
Please note the correct date of this accident, 23/3/44, not 23/3/43.
Sources:
http://www.google.be/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F %2Fwww.bamfbamrs.be%2FDillien%2FOT-PILOT.DOC&rct=j&q=fairey%20fox%205%2F3%2F3&
ei=mgY7Te_EI8OhOuyIpbYL&usg=AFQjCNGjdj5jVXTlBWzMYSHWUUte73U0RQ&cad=rja
http://www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Belgian_Aviation_History/ww_ii/609_squadron.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
23-Jan-2011 12:04 |
ThW |
Added |
09-Nov-2011 02:09 |
angels one five |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jan-2012 23:45 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
02-Apr-2015 19:32 |
Heil |
Updated [Narrative] |
09-Aug-2019 04:42 |
angels one five |
Updated [Narrative] |
16-Oct-2021 05:05 |
angels one five |
Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
30-Nov-2021 08:29 |
angels one five |
Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |