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Crash of a Percival Q.6 Petrel in Castletown

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
X9454
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Hendon - Castletown
MSN:
Q.25
YOM:
1938
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Castletown Airfield following an uneventful flight from Hendon, the twin engine airplane crashed for unknown reasons and was damaged beyond repair. Both crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Castletown: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 2, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
L9394
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Skitten - Skitten
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local test flight out from RAF Skitten when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Castletown, about 16 km northwest of the airbase. The airplane was destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt William Edward Dale, pilot,
Cpl Leslie White McKinlay, observer,
Sgt Edward Glenelg Allen, wireless operator.