N5233
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- October 7, 1939Accident
The crew was engaged in a coastal patrol mission our from RAF Detling. While flying along the Kent coast in poor weather conditions, one of the engine failed. The crew elected to return to RAF Detling but control was lost. One of the crew member was able to bail out and survived while three other crew members were killed after the aircraft crashed in a pasture located near Benenden. Crew: F/O Dennis Guy Mabey, pilot, † P/O Andrew MacDonald Paterson, copilot, † Cpl John Francis Drew, wireless ope