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Date: | Thursday 28 September 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Airspeed Oxford Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 14 FTS RAF |
Registration: | N4758 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lethen Bridge, South East of Nairn, Morayshire, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Kinloss, Morayshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Airspeed Oxford Mk.II N4758, 14 FTS, RAF Kinloss: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 28/9/39 when crashed at Lethen Bridge, South East of Nairn, Morayshire. Both crew were killed:
Crew:
Pilot Officer John Rupert Rogers (42531) RAF killed
Sgt John Lewis Carter (565872) RAF killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939a.htm 3.
http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/25.htm 4.
https://www.ipswichwarmemorial.co.uk/john-lewis-carter/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2449596/rogers,-john-rupert/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2720621/carter,-john-lewis/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Apr-2018 17:40 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
17-Oct-2018 18:03 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
20-May-2024 17:37 |
Nepa |
Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |