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| Date: | Monday 29 January 1945 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Supermarine Seafire Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 879 NAS FAA RN |
| Registration: | NF429 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gianaclis No.5 bombing range, Alexandria, -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNAS Dekheila,(HMS Grebe) |
| - |
During dive bombing practice at the Gianaclis No.5 bombing range, Egypt on 29th January 1945 Seafire NF429 was destroyed and its pilot, Sub Lt, K A Cain RNVR killed when it failed to pull out of its dive.
879 squadron was disembarked from the aircraft carrier 'HMS attacker' and stationed at at RNAS Dekheila,(HMS Grebe), Egypt from January to April 1945 for operational training, while the Carrier underwent a refit at Taranto Italy prior to its deployment to the Far East.
Sources:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/879_Squadron.htm#.Yerr-NHP2M9
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/ESCORT/ATTACKER.htm#.YerTJdHP2M8
http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p077.html
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Dekheila.htm#.Ye3qP9HP2M8
http://aircrewremembered.com/macleod-norman-ian.html
https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/NH429
https://www.naval-history.net/xDKCasAlpha1939-45Ca.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2022 15:41 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 07-Feb-2022 17:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
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