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1943-10-19 Flight Lieutenant - Survived | |
Eagle Mk. ll DP847 | 426 (B) Sqn (RCAF) |
Take-off: 14:40:00 | Target: |
426 Thunderbird Squadron (On Wings of Fire) RAF Linton-on-Ouse. S/L (then F/Lt) TM Kneale (RCAF) and F/O J MacKay (RCAF) were involved in the crash of a rare aircraft 1943-10-19 while stationed at Linton on Ouse. They were air-testing British Aircraft Eagle 2 DP847, which belonged to No 6 Group Communications Flight. The flight lasted thirty minutes and on landing back at Linton on Ouse at 15:10 hrs the aircraft was damaged when the port undercarriage collapsed. The aircraft was not repaired and was struck off
S/L Kneale and F/O MacKay survived the crash, safe but would both be killed in action 1943-12-16 on 426 Squadron Lancaster II aircraft DS 837 OW-Q that crashed in poor weather conditions returning from an operation to Berlin, Germany
There would be only one survivor from that crash
The Eagle had been requisitioned by the RAF from the Marquess of Donegal where it carried the civilian serial of G-ADVT, 1941-03-14. After a period of storage it was released to No 6 Group 1942-12-09 for use as a run-about and taxi aircraft