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BELOW: A Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber in flight.
Photo: Source unknown.
Aircraft Type and Background
RAF Bristol 152 Beaufort Mk I / L4479
A twin-engine large reconnaissance, torpedo bomber and mine-laying aircraft, the Beaufort's design was based on the Bristol Blenheim light bomber. For a time, they used two Taurus 14-cylinder radial engines (or, sometimes, Pratt and Witney Twin Wasps). The aircraft could travel at about 260 mph (418 km/h), but the speed fell when carrying a torpedo. Carrying a crew of four, the Beaufort operated as the standard torpedo bomber between 1940 and 1943.
Bristol Beauforts were used by both the RAF (Coastal Command) and the Fleet Air Arm. They were used also by the SAAF and the RAAF; and, indeed, many Beaufort's were manufactured in Australia for use in the Pacific arena.
Aircraft Accident Details
The exact details of this accident are unknown. The crew had taken off from RAF Turnberry on 30 August 1942 on a night navigation exercise (NAVEX). The Beaufort was flying in poor visibility when it crashed into Goat Fell, the highest peak on the Isle of Arran.
Aircraft Crew Casualties
Those who died in this accident were:
Crash Site Photos
There are no onsite photos of this aircraft, but see links above right for photos and details of similar Bristol Beauforts.
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Crash Date / Site
Accident Date: 30 Aug 1942
Accident Site: Goat Fell
Region: North Ayrshire (Isle of Arran)
Nearest town or village: BrodickCorrie orSannox
Nearest large town: Brodick (S)
OS Grid Ref. N/A
GPS Ref: N/A
Present Condition: Apart from a long spar and some small fragments, little wreckage from this bomber remains on site.
Aircraft Details
Registration or Serial: L4479
Operator: RAF (No. 5 (Coastal) OTU / No. 17 Group)
Operating Base: RAF Turnberry (X6TU)
Base Location: Turnberry near Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Current Airport Status: Closed 1945. Re-opened 1960. Part of former site used occasionally by microlights. In 1946, the remainder of this site had reverted to its pre-war owners—Turnberry Golf Club (Ailsa Course).
Principal airport data courtesy of John Woodside, A Catalogue of UK Airfields
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Accident Specific Link
Bristol Beaufort L4479 crash site photos at PeakDistrict AirCrashes.co.uk
RAF and Related Links Bristol Beaufort VIII at RAF Museum (London) No. 5 OTU History at RAFweb.org
RN / FAA Link Bristol Beaufort at Fleet Air Arm Archives
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