ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 15148
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| Date: | Saturday 3 January 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Hurricane Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | L1695 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Eaton Constantine, near RAF Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
LAC John Robert Tomlinson 656503, a pilot under training belonging to No.67 Course of 5 FTS RAF, was killed on 3 January 1942 when his Hurricane I L1695 flew into ground at Eaton Constantine, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire. He struck HT cables during unauthorised low flying. Note that his gravestone is marked ’Tomlinson’ but CWGC website has him as ’Tomlison’.
Sources:
Air-Britain Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?4507-Unaccounted-airmen-3-1-1942
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2711893/TOMLISON,%20JOHN%20ROBERT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Constantine
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2008 07:21 | JINX | Added |
| 12-Jan-2012 13:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase] |
| 20-Jun-2013 09:06 | Nepa | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Aug-2013 05:01 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 09-May-2015 10:01 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-May-2015 03:50 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
| 19-May-2015 15:22 | Angel dick one | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location] |
| 03-Jan-2017 20:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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