The collision of Seafire's MB362 & MB369 over Woodwick range Evie
Supermarine Seafire's MB362 & MB369, 880 Sq 3/2/1943
(Motto: To seek and to destroy)
(Seafire 1b) Picture CMR Models http://www.cmrmodels.co.uk/
On 3/2/1943 MB362 being flown by Sub.Lt (A) Lloyd H Johnson RNZVR and MB369 being flown by Sub.Lt (A) Anthony Charles Armstrong Smalley RNVR, both of 880 Sqdn (It seems MB369 may well have been an 801 Sqn aircraft) were engaged on camera gun attack training when they collided at 6000 feet, near the Woodwick range, causing both the aircraft to crash, one in a field near Rendall and the other into the sea near Tingwall. Both the pilots were killed. They were laid to rest in St Olaf's Kirkwall.
Lt Johnson Photo: NZ Weekly News. Thanks to Jonathan Smalley for the photo of Lt Smalley
Sub/Lt L.H.Johnson. Sub/Lt A.C.A.Smalley
Mini Geo survey of the Seafire in a field near Rendall.
