| Serial | 4700/3 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | Blackburn B.2 Series 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Left Fleet | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | on the 16.03.40 this aircraft is reported to have crashed near Broomfleet, some four miles west of Brough. Of the two crew, the Instructor Pilot - Sgt Robert Campbell Duff RAFVR (740368), aged 26, of Broughty Ferry, Dundee - was buried in Barnhill Cemetery, Angus, after he died 18.03.40 of injuries sustained in this accident. The passenger - Sgt Edward Albert Jay RAFVR (745611) - survived but was Injured. Following the accident above Cat.W/FA damage was recorded on the aircraft, the wreckage was recovered to Brough where over a twelve month period the aircraft was rebuilt using parts of B.2 G-ADFO (which had crashed at Newport, 6 miles NW of Brough on 03.09.40). | |||||||||||||||
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