Vickers Vincent - K6350 - loss 28 Oct 1942?
Trying to verify the story on http://www.rquirk.com/med/244sqn/244news/244newsn20.pdf from bottom p. 3 under the heading "The Locust Hunt".
In it WOP Don James describes that Vincent K6350 flipped over on 28 Oct 1942 after a bumpy landing in either S. Persia or (now) Pakistani Baluchistan. Plane had departed from RAF Sjarjah on 26 Oct 1942. Other occupants were pilot F/Lt Riddell and a Russian entomologist. Task was to search for locust swarms. When I look at the ORB of No. 244 Squadron for 26 Oct 1942, it mysteriously says that "2 x Bisleys (F/Lt Tiddell and Sgt. Alcock) set off on a 3 days Locust Hunt along the Persian Coast". Perhaps a forum member has more details about Vincent K6350? According story of Don James, this type was more likely to have been involved than a Bisley as in the ORB.... Thanks for any info. Regards, Leendert |
Re: Vickers Vincent - K6350 - loss 28 Oct 1942?
Hello,
From Air-Britain's K File: Vickers Vincent K6350 Delivered to Packing Depot 30.9.36. Air Depot Iraq 30.12.36 for 55 Sqn. S Sqn 21.8.39 became 244 Sqn 1.11.40. Overturned landing on abandoned airfield, Jiwani 28.10.42. Believed damaged beyond repair and struck off charge 1.6.43 See: The K File The Royal Air Force of the 1930s. Halley, James J. Tunbridge Wells:Air-Britain (Historians),1995. p.385. Col. |
Re: Vickers Vincent - K6350 - loss 28 Oct 1942?
Col,
Thanks for info. ORB must not have paid close attention to aircraft type that day... Regards, Leendert |
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