ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 225648
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 December 1940 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 24 EFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L8070 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | St. Albans, Hertfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) in a mid air collision between Tiger Moth BB736 of 1 EFTS and Miles Magister L8070 of 24 EFTS over St Albans, Hertfordshire, 10.12.40; both crew of Tiger Moth BB736 killed, as were the crew of Magister L8070
Crew of Tiger Moth BB738:
Pilot Officer William Ernest Holland (instructor, Service Number 88413) - killed;
Leading Aircraftman Norman Henry Owen (Pilot Under Training, Service Number 1101265, aged 26) - killed
Crew of Magister L8070:
Sergeant Basil Paul Buchegger (instructor, Service Number 904138, aged 25) - killed
Leading Airman Graham Richard Dawson Tait (Royal Navy, Service Number FAA/FX 81968, aged 20) - killed
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-L9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1978 p 55)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/4516: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16688614
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2403242/buchegger,-basil-paul/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2933069/tait,-graham-richard-dawson/
5. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1940-12DEC.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2019 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-May-2019 07:21 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Nature] |
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