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| Form 765 (C) (Revised Dec., 1941)
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REPORT ON FLYING ACCIDENT OR
FORCED LANDING NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO ENEMY ACTION. |
| In every case copies of this form
are to be rendered as follows:- |
| (i) One copy direct to Air Ministry, C.I.
(Accidents) |
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If this
incident has been reported
to the Air Ministry by signal, quote
Reference No. and date. |
| (ii) Two copies direct to Air Ministry,
(S.4. Statistics) |
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| (iii) One copy direct to Ministry of
Aircraft Production (R.M.I.) |
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A.175 27.7.43 |
| (iv) One copy through usual channels to
Command Headquarters |
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[ In addition and only
if casualties to airman are involved ]
(v) One copy direct to Records Office |
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Unit
350 (Belgian) Squadron |
Group
No. 12 |
Command
Fighter |
Serial No.
of Form
6.7.43
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| 2. Date of Incident
27.7.43 |
3. Nature of and purpose for
which flight authorised:- |
| Time
11.00 hrs. |
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| SITE
OF INCIDENT |
Nature |
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(i) Operational or non-
operational... Non-Operational |
| (a) Name of Aerodrome or landing ground
ACKLINGTON+ |
(ii) day or Night flying?....
Day |
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| (b) Place (if (a) not applicable) |
(iii) Purpose....
Practice Formation |
| (c) County
NORTHUMBERLAND |
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| Part (a) to be completed if the incident
occurred on, or whilst taking off from or approaching to land on
an aerodrome or landing ground |
This flight is being included
in this Unit's flying hour summary on: Form 765A /
765B ....(Delete as necessary) |
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| 4. Type of airframe
and engine and extent of damage (see footnotes to this section)
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of Airframe and Engine |
Airframe |
Engines |
| Single
or Port |
Starboard |
Centre Port |
Centre Starboard |
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SPITFIRE |
MERLIN |
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series |
V.B. |
45 |
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| RAF No.
and makers' No. for engines. |
A.R.
383 |
38001/21731 a |
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hours run |
b |
99.45 b |
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last installed in airframe |
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24.5.43 b |
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b |
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Extent of damage |
Cat.
B. |
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a. To be quoted whenever an
engine is damaged or fails
b. To be quoted only for incidents involving defect or failure
of airframe or engines
c. To be indicated as :-
E = Missing, unrepairable, reduction to scrap or instructional.
B = For repair at contractor's works or R.A.F Depot.
AC = For repair by contractor's working party.
A = For repair by nearest R.A.F. unit.
U = No damage. |
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| 5. ALL OCCUPANTS OF
AIRCRAFT
and
FLYING EXPERIENCE OF PILOTS |
Names to be
entered in order of duty: 1st Pilot, 2nd Pilot, Pupil Pilots,
etc.
Degree of injury to be classified as: Missing, Killed, Injured
(admitted to Sick Quarters or Hospital), Slightly Injured (not
admitted to Sick Quarters or Hospital), Uninjured. (Quote as M,
K, I, I(s) or U as appropriate |
Flying Experience of Pilots
and Pupil Pilots. See note (ii) |
| Part A |
Part B (see note (i) below) |
Part C |
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Solo (Day and Night) |
Solo
(Night) |
Instru-
ments |
Link
Trainer |
| Total
quoted in part 4 |
All types |
Total
quoted in part 4 |
All Types |
| Duty |
Name and Initials
(Nationality to be quoted if not British) |
Rank |
No. |
Degree of Injury |
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VERPOORTEN F.
(Belgian) |
Sgt. |
1424934 |
U |
181 |
219 |
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(plus 293 hrs. Solo in
Belgium) |
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| NOTE (i) Part B only to be
quoted if incident occurred during night flying. (ii) Quote to
nearest hour. (iii) Part C only to be quoted if loss of control
at night or in bad visibility or cloud by day is a possible
contributory factor. |
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6. STAGE OF FLIGHT
A. Picketing or at moorings.
B. Starting up.
C. Stationary other than A or B.
D. Taxying. E. Taking off.
F In flight. G. Landing.
H. Towed or manhandled.
J. Not known.
Complete A or B or C, etc., as appropriate. |
7. DID FIRE OCCUR?
If
yes, state "In air" or "On ground" as appropriate. If no fire
state "No" |
8. CONDITION OF LIGHT
IN WHICH INCIDENT OCCURRED.
A Day (daylight) B. Dusk (Half light of evening)
C. Dawn (half light of morning)
D. Dark (no moon or moon obscured)
E. Moonlight. F. Not known.
Quote as A or B or C etc., as appropriate and amplify in Part 12
(B) if necessary. |
9.IF INCIDENT OCCURED
when taxying on, taking off from or landing on a runway state
"Yes" |
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No |
A |
Yes |
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10. SUMMARY OF PILOT'S REPORT (or a description of
circumstances which terminated in the accident if the pilots
report is not available). In cases of engine failure information
should be given as to the behaviour of the engine and
manipulation of the engine controls immediately before failure.
Duration of flight since last take off:
Hours....-.....Minutes....55...... If engine failure occurred
during take off quote height......N/A.
Pilot had been on practice formation at 20,000 ft. and came in
to land following other aircraft and doing powered approach.
When circling round with 0 boost and 2,400 revs he saw black
smoke pouring out of port exhaust pipe. He checked up on all
gauges and found all O.K. He throttled back, fine pitch and
lowered under-carriage. At 700 ft., minus 4 boost and 130 A.S.I.
he lowered flaps. At 500 ft. his engine cut out and he glided to
200 ft., trying all throttle and pitch positions without
success. He then raised undercarriage and crash landed in a
field just on the border of the aerodrome. During all his period
of approach, black smoke was still pouring from his port
exhaust.
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11. REPORT BY APPROPRIATE SPECIALIST
OFFICERS (A. E. Nav., &c.) :(i) If technical failure is involved
information as to the nature and cause of the failure is
required; precise information as to the extent of the damage
arising as a result of this failure is not required. (ii) If the
non-embodiment of an authorised modification is considered to
have contributed to the accident, the serial number of the
modification and reason for non-embodiment should be stated.
Cockpit examined at scene of crash
showed oil and coolant temperature gauges normal. Engine
controls normal, switches and petrol off. Engine investigated;
petrol flow and carburettor O.K. Restrictor fitted petrol pump
O.K. Petrol filter clean. Pressure oil filter normal. Scavenge
oil filter O.K. Magneto and drive O.K. Tappet cover removed both
blocks. Valves appear O.K. Camshaft drives intact. Defect
therefore obscure and internal. Engine will be sent to Rolls
Royce for 1022 strip examination for report to be sent to
Station Engineer Officer R.A.F. ACKLINGTON. Traces of glycol
were reported on breather outlet pipe but no glycol had been
found in the filters.
Is form 1022 or 1023 being rendered? If "Yes" stated which
...... Signature .....R. FLANAGAN P/O
Engineer Officer 350 (Belgian) Squadron. |
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12. REMARKS BY UNIT COMMANDER (to be given under three
separate headings) :-
PART A. Remarks as to circumstances of the incident. (If it
occurred at night on or near an aerodrome the nature of the
lighting system in use at the time is to be noted in Part A.)
PART B. Diagnosis of all contributory factors. The manner in
which any particular factor contributed to the incident is to be
clearly indicated.
PART C. General remarks (including any recommendation with with
regard to personnel, training, airframes, engines, accessories,
etc., and notes of any action taken as a result of this
incident)
A. Accident occurred when landing.
Engine failure at 60 feet when the pilot was unable to reach
runway.
B. No apparent external failure - the
engine is being sent to Roll's Royce for further examination.
C. The pilot has shown great
professional abilities when about to crash. In a few seconds he
put his undercarriage up, switched off the contact, and managed
with great skill to avoid huts in front of him and crash in a
small corn field.
Signature..............BOUSSA S/L......................
Commanding.........350 (Belgian)
Squadron..................... Date
29.7.43 |
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13. REMARKS BY STATION COMMANDER (and
notes of any action taken as a result of this incident) : -
(i) Was any assistance rendered in rescue work after the
accident which is considered worthy of recommendation? Yes or
No.........If any such assistance was rendered, the
recommendation is to be forwarded separately.
(ii) Remarks.
(i) No.
(ii) Accident apparently due to
technical failure. Pilot did very well in carrying out all
emergency measures, and making a safe belly landing.
Signature............E. GRAHAM W/CDR...................
Commanding...................... Date... |
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