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Date: | Friday 30 August 1940 |
Time: | c. |
Type: | Blackburn T.9A Shark III |
Owner/operator: | 753 Sqn FAA RN |
Registration: | K8913 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near St Vigeans village, 1 mile east of RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), A -
United Kingdom
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), Angus, Scotland, |
Destination airport: | RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), Angus, Scotland, |
Narrative:753 Sqn. FAA Royal Navy, Blackburn Shark III K8913, on an Observer instruction training flight, crashed 30th August 1940, near St Vigeans village, 1 mile east of its operating base RNAS Arbroath (HMS Condor), Angus, Scotland, killing the 3 aircrew, Pilot, Lieutenant, Ian George Williamson; Observer (under instruction), Leading Airman, Richard Colin Burden and Observer (under instruction), Leading Airman, James,Charles Hare.
Sources:
Battle of Britain, August 1940 (naval-history.net)
FAA in home waters August 1940 (rafcommands.com)
Arbroath - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK (abct.org.uk)
More training accidents 1940 (rafcommands.com)
Casualty Details | CWGC
Shark III K8913 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database] RAFCommands.com
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Flying Personnel 1939 - 1947 (aircrewremembered.com)
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Feb-2021 21:00 |
Peter Clarke |
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