ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206872
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Date: | Friday 4 August 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | P2495 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | South Stoke, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Miles Magister Mk.I P2495, 151 Squadron, North Weald: Written off (destroyed) 4.8.39 when hit roof of a public house while low-flying, over South Stoke, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. One of the two crew was killed:
Crew:
Pilot Officer Peter Phillips (pilot) killed
Pilot Officer John Frederick Pettigrew injured (Australian) injured
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" August 17 1939, page 161 - see link #4)
"P/O Peter Phillips lost his life and P/O John Fredrick Pettigrew was seriously injured as the result of an accident which occurred at Goring-on-Thames on August 4 to a Royal Air Force aircraft. P/O Phillips was the pilot of the aircraft and P/O Pettigrew the only other occupant."
Sources:
1.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 2.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/151-squadron-orb-addendum-posts.37247/ 3.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9928-Squadron-Leader-John-Fredric-Pettigrew-36156&styleid=3 4.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200535.PDF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Feb-2018 23:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
31-Mar-2018 23:16 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
08-Oct-2018 18:23 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
08-Sep-2020 08:47 |
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Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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