Hurricane at RAF Clifton.

A Hurricane crashed at Clifton airfield on the 25th of November 1941, no one was hurt, the aircraft received Cat A(c) damage and was repaired on site. No further information is known about the incident.

Clifton's O.R.B. states: "25.11.41. Hurricane P3901 from 13 Grp. Flt. Woolsington, crashed Cat. A(c)." The aircraft was offically assigned to 55 OTU, it is thought that Woolsington borrowed the aircraft and used it as a Station Flight aircraft for a time. Woolsington had a large grass airfield, the home of 83 MU (Salvage and Repair Unit) and the RAF Mobile Dental Surgery Unit. It had one hard standing and a grass runway.

The aircraft was built to contract 962371/38 by Hawker at Brooklands and delivered in July 1940, believed directly to 615 Sqdn at Kenley, it was a Battle of Britain veteran. It was transferred to 303 Sqdn at Northolt on 2nd August 1940 which formed that day and served with them until the unit converted to Spitfire I's in January 1941. It was then transferred to 253 Sqdn at Leconfield and moved with the unit to Skeabrae on 10th February 1941. 253 Sqdn converted to Hurricane IIB's and IIC's in July 1941 and ceased operating Mk. I's in August 1941 when the aircraft was transferred to 55 OTU at Usworth. It suffered it's accident at Clifton on 25th November 1941 and was repaired on site and returned to 55 OTU on repair and served until it suffered a Cat.E2/FA accident on 28th April 1943 when to flew into Manwitch Fell, Croglin, Cumberland. This is also a crash site being researched by my fellow ACIA friends.

Pilot - unknown.