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Date: | Friday 27 August 1943 |
Time: | |
Type: | Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc |
Owner/operator: | 887 NAS FAA RN |
Registration: | LR707 |
MSN: | - |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | HMS Unicorn' Alboran Sea, -
Gibraltar
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Aircraft carrier 'HMS Unicorn' |
Destination airport: | Aircraft carrier 'HMS Unicorn' |
Narrative:When carrying out deck landing training onto the aircraft carrier 'HMS Unicorn' off Gibraltar on the 27th August 1943, 887 Squadron Seafire LR707 landed heavily onto the flight deck causing substantial damage to the aircraft. Pilot, Sub Lt, T D Lucey RNVR survived the accident uninjured.
Prior to her deployment in the Mediterranean Sea for operation 'AVALANCHE' (Allied invasion of Italy), aircraft carrier 'HMS Unicorn' carried out three weeks of flying training and exercises off Gibraltar in August-September 1943 with 887 Squadron Seafires.
Sources:
http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/UNICORN.htm#.Yht6DJbP2M- http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/SQUADRONS/887_Squadron.htm#.YhwJzpbP2M_ http://www.airhistory.org.uk/spitfire/p054.html https://www.avialogs.com/spitfire-and-seafire-registry/item/92448-lr707https://allspitfirepilots.org/aircraft/search?serial=lr707&model=&factory=&engine=¬es=
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Feb-2022 23:49 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
01-Mar-2022 20:30 |
Nepa |
Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Operator] |
08-Mar-2022 19:58 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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