Squadron: 4 (R) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1940-06-28
Completion Date: 1940-06-28
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Ruhr Valley
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Linton-on-Ouse
Take Off Time: 00:00:00
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Crash City: Wigginton UK
Crash Specifics: Broad Oak Farm
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: piloterror
Flak Battery:
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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On 28th June 1940 the crew of this 4 Squadron aircraft were undertaking a dusk patrol of the North Sea off the Yorkshire Coast. While returning to base at Linton on Ouse they darkness became a problem and they became lost, the pilot tried to force land the aircraft in a field near Wigginton but struck high tension cables and crashed soon afterwards at 22.45hrs. The aircraft sustained damage in the field near Broad Oak Farm but this was deemed repairable and it was taken away for repair. There is a suggestion that this landing may have been made on or near the Plainville relief landing ground, between Huby and Wigginton.
Pilot - Pilot Officer Alexander Boyd Corbett RAF (41666).
Air Gunner - Sergeant Whitley.
Source: https://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york40/p1733.html