Swordfish losses - 825 Sqdn FAA

[stringbag]

Hi

Can anyone give me more info on the following aircraft losses:

28/04/1943 - Aircraft "M" - Crashed into Island (Furious) on landing and fell o/board on stb. side. Pilot S/Lt Nichols

14/01/1944 - Aircraft NE 866 - Crashed over port side on landing (Vindex). Pliot S/Lt Chandler

26/02/1944 - Aircraft LS 393 - Crashed into sea 15 mins after takeoff. Contaminated fuel - Pilot S/Lt Chandler

Would there be formal documented air accident reviews of these losses?

Thx in advance
Stringbag

[Larry]

Stringbag,

Your S/Lt Chandler was S/Lt EW Powell-Chandler, though I guess you may have abbreviated.

I would not hold out much hope of finding any crash reports, as it seems the FAA treated aircraft as stores, to be thrown overboard if necessary, and I know that the late Ray Sturtivant did an incredible amount of searching to get his book on FAA aircraft as accurate as possible.