Graham Adlam
September 23, 2007 at 3:29 pm

Tempest Recovery 222 Sdr 13/02/45

Does anyone have any details of the recovery of Tempest of 222Sdr
Flown by Ft/Lft Dashwood crashed on 13/2/45. The pilot bailed to safety.
I have the cannon from the crash and would like to find out more, yes it does have a deact cert!

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By: Graham Adlam - 23rd September 2007 at 17:19

I have no details of the recovery but the aircraft was Tempest V NV648. The aircraft was on an armed reconnaissance when it suffered an engine failure and Flt/Lt Dashwood was forced to bail out to the south west of Constantine.

Information from Fighter Command losses 1944/1945.

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kev35

Thanks Kev I have a copy of the ORB somewhere its the recovery i am really interested in just wanted to know if the wreckage is still around.

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By: kev35 - 23rd September 2007 at 16:25

I have no details of the recovery but the aircraft was Tempest V NV648. The aircraft was on an armed reconnaissance when it suffered an engine failure and Flt/Lt Dashwood was forced to bail out to the south west of Constantine.

Information from Fighter Command losses 1944/1945.

Regards,

kev35