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Oberleutnant Armin Faber was a German Luftwaffe pilot in World War II who mistook the Bristol Channel for the English Channel and landed his Focke-Wulf Fw 190 (Fw 190) intact at RAF Pembrey in South Wales. His plane was the first Fw 190 to be captured by the Allies and was tested to reveal any weaknesses that could be exploited. [1]
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Silver is the only known Women Airforce Service Pilots member to go missing during World War II. [111] December 15, 1944: UC-64 Norseman (44-70285) 3 [112] Unknown North Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) No trace of the aircrew, passengers or plane found, possibly overflew bomb jettisoning area.
On the afternoon of 7 June 1942, one of its Rolls-Royce Merlin engines caught fire and led to the aircraft crashing near the England-Wales border, killing all eleven crew-members. Among the dead was Alan Blumlein of EMI , who was well known as the inventor of stereophonic sound recording and the 405-line television system used in the UK until 1985.
In early 1941, No. 316 Polish Fighter Squadron was formed at Pembrey, inflicted losses on enemy aircraft, and moved on to RAF Colerne in June. [ 13 ] RAF Fairwood Common and RAF Angle had taken over the air defence of the South Wales area by the middle of 1941 and RAF Pembrey was allocated to RAF Flying Training Command.
The 10-hour air raid had started at 18:37 and Grangetown was the first area to be hit by 100 German aircraft. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Further raids followed on 27 February, through 1, 4, 12, 20 March and 3, 12, 29, 30 April and 4 to 11 May.
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Due to the large numbers of aircraft crashing in the nearby mountains of Snowdonia, it was here that the RAF Mountain Rescue Service was formed in 1943. Postwar, the airfield was used as a storage facility for chemical weapons recovered from Europe. It reopened in 1969 and remains in civil operation today as Caernarfon Airport.