At sometime during the period April to July 1944 whilst 146 wing was based at Needs Oar Point, a take-off crash occured. A pair of Typhoons were taking off, due to the bumpy nature of the runway the pilot of the first aircraft allowed the tail of his plane to lift too high, causing the propellor to hit the mesh tracking, which flipped it on to its back, the following typhoon hit the wreckage, both pilots were killed. This incident is mentioned in Jimmy Kyle’s book Typhoon Tale, but there is no date given, pilots names or from which sqn. Can anyone give details. E-mail Me Here [email]peter.oliver48@btinternet.com[/email]
Cheers P.Oliver….
By: ZRX61 - 17th June 2006 at 20:55
As a former member of of the 146th MAW ACC I was kinda confused myself…
By: mike currill - 16th June 2006 at 08:42
And here was me, looking at the title of the thread and thinking ‘what the blazes is the oar point on a BAe 146 wing?’
William
I was also trying to figure out if I even know what an oar point is 😀
By: Scouse - 16th June 2006 at 00:34
And here was me, looking at the title of the thread and thinking ‘what the blazes is the oar point on a BAe 146 wing?’
William
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June 15, 2006 at 10:27 pm