N5065
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- May 29, 1940Accident
While returning to its base at RAF Detling following a combat operation called 'Shamrock Patrol', the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German Me.109. The pilot ditched the airplane into the sea some 12 km east of Ramsgate. All four crew members were rescued while the aircraft sank and was lost. Crew: P/O A. Leeson, Sgt J. Hoskins, Cpl R. Rogers, LAC P. G. Honnor. Probable cause (official findings): Shot down by a German fighter.