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Date: | Monday 21 July 1941 |
Time: | 18:10 |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
Owner/operator: | RAF Crosby-on-Eden |
Registration: | W9112 |
MSN: | No.59 OTU |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lowther Hill near Wanlockhead -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Crosby on Eden |
Destination airport: | Crosby on Eden |
Narrative:The pilot was on a local flying exercise with elements of blind flying, map reading and D/F homing from RAF Crosby-on-Eden when he flew into the northern side of Lowther Hill to the south of Wanlockhead in the Southern Uplands while in cloud.
George Stevenson Sergeant RCAF
Sources:
https://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/crash_sites/scotland/hawker-hurricane-w9112-lowther-hill/ https://www.wanlockvisions-cic.com/george-stevenson-memorial/ Revision history:
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