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Date: | Thursday 16 May 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Fairey Swordfish Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 814 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | ????? H3-G |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, -
Atlantic Ocean
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | HMS Hermes |
Destination airport: | HMS Hermes |
Narrative:The 814 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, Royal Navy, Fairey Swordfish, code "H3-G", when carrying out training exercises off the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, Edward Austin Liversidge and Air Gunner,Leading Airman, Sidney George Bax.
Sources:
Norway May 1940 (naval-history.net)
World War 2 - FAA No. 814 Squadron, May/June 1940 (epibreren.com)
Casualty Details | CWGC
814 Naval Air Squadron | Military Wiki | Fandom (wikia.org)
HMS Hermes (95) - Wikipedia
http://www.margatecivicsociety.org.uk/Westgate%20War%20Memorial%20WWII%20Roll%20of%20Honour%20rev1.pdf Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jan-2021 17:32 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
05-Jan-2021 03:07 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Registration] |
08-Jan-2021 18:59 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Narrative] |