Also L4967 on 23/03/1939.
I don't have any other details other than it was a 207 aircraft.
However:
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Some time around the outbreak of War he was flying in a Battle from Cranfield with Douglas Wilson. He was hit by a loose engine cowling which greatly damaged his face, taking an eye out of its socket. How he got the aircraft back - a hairy landing - was just incredible. After about six months in hospital it was discovered that the damaged eye had unusual night vision.
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http://www.207squadron.rafinfo.org.uk/angell/1939.htm
It seems to imply that it wasn't a crash as such.
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