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No. 41 Squadron ‡
AIR 130
GND 55
Sorties 118
SQUADRON
STATUS
READINESS
AVAILABLE
30 MINUTES NOTICE
STANDING-BY
ON PATROL
LANDING AND REFUELLING
RELEASED
Discord
REPORT ON FLYING ACCIDENT OR
FORCED LANDING NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO ENEMY ACTION.
1. Unit
No. 41 Squadron RAF
Group No.
11
Command
Fighter Command
Serial No.
of Form
11
2. Date of Incident
16.1.21
Time
2.15
Site of incident
(a) Name of aerodrome
or landing ground
(b) Place (if (a) not applicable)
Maaseik
3. Nature of and Purpose for
which Flight Authorised:—
Nature
(i) Operational or Non-Operational?
Operational
(ii) Day or Night flying?
Day
(iii) Purpose?
Armed Recce
Part (a) to be completed if the incident occured on, or
whilst taking off from or approaching to land on an
aerodrome or landing ground.
This flight is being included in this
Unit's flying hour summary on
Form 765A
Form 765B
(Delete as
necessary)
4. Type of Airframe and Engine and extent of damage (see footnotes to this section).
Details of Airframe and
Engine.		Airframe.Engine.
Single or Port.Starboard.Centre Port.Centre Starboard.
TypeSpitfire IX
Mark or series
R.A.F. No. (and markers' No.
for engines)		 SM888
Total hours run
Date last installed in
Airframe
⊗ Extent of damage Cat. A
⊗ To be indicated as:—
E = Missing, unrepairable, reduction to scrap or instructional.
B = For repair at contractor's works or R.A.F. Depot.
A = For repair by nearest R.A.F. unit.
U = No damage.
5. All Occupants of Aircraft and Flying Experience of Pilots.
(i) Names to be entered in order of duty: 1st Pilot, 2nd Pilot, Pupil Pilots, ect.
(ii) Degree of injury to be classified as: Missing, Killed, Injured (admitted to
Sick Quarters or Hospital), Slightly Injured (not admitted to Sick Quarters
or Hospital), Uninjured. (Quote as M, K, I, I(s) or U as appropriate.)
 Flying Experience of Pilots and Pupil Pilots.
Part A. Part B.
Total Pilot,
or 1st Pilot.		 Total 2nd Pilot, Pupil,
or Passanger.
Type
Quoted
in
Part 4.		 All
Types.		 Type
Quoted
in
Part 4.		 All
Types.
Duty. Name and Initials (Nationality
to be quoted if not British).		 Rank. No. Degree of
Injury.
1st Pilot
Herbert Irwin
P/O
No. 26
U




6. Stage of Flight 7. Did fire
occur? If
Yes, state
"In air" or
"on ground"
as appropri-
ate. If no fire
state "No"
8. Conditions of light in wich accident
occured.
 9. If incident
occured when
taxying on,
taking off from
or landing on
a runway state
"Yes"
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.		 Picketed or at moorings.
Starting up.
Stationary other than A or B.
Taxying.
Taking off.		 F.
G.
H.

J.		 In flight.
Landing.
Towed or
manhandled.
Not known.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Day (daylight).
Dusk (half light of evening).
Dawn (half light of morning).
Dark (no moon or moon obscured).
E.
F.
Moonlight.
Not known
Quote A or B or C etc.,
as appropriate		 F No Quote as A or B or C, ect.,
as appropriate		 A No
10. Summary of Pilot's Report

Engine Malfunction forced ditch near to sector 1918.4 between Maaseik and Wassenberg. This was friendly front line territory and I was hastily picked up by the local formation and transported south to Asch and then back to Antwerpen on the first available transport.

P/O 'Bird' Irwin

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