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| Date: | Tuesday 27 August 1940 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Fairey Swordfish Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 824 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | ????? |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dekheila Airfield (RNAS Grebe from September 1940) Alexandria -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Dekheila Airfield, Alexandria, Egypt, |
824 Sqn. FAA Royal Navy, Fairey Swordfish, crashed on the 27th August 1940, at Dekheila Airfield (RNAS Grebe from September 1940), Alexandria, Egypt, killing Pilot, Lieutenant, Anthony Nugent Young.
Sources:
Battle of Britain, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
Commonwealth biplane fighter aces - Anthony Young (dalnet.se)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
No.824 Naval Air Squadron (FAA) during the Second World War (historyofwar.org)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2021 15:13 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 13-Feb-2021 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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