ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210653
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 January 1922 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | BAT F.K.23 Bantam Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | RAE Farnborough |
| Registration: | F1653 |
| MSN: | 14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marlborough Lines, Aldershot Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire |
| Farnborough Airfield, Farnborough, Hampshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
BAT F.K.23 Bantam Mk.II F1653, Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough: Written off (destroyed) 10/1/22 when crashed on test flight, at Marlborough Lines, Aldershot Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire. Contemporary reports state that F1653 went into an “unexpected dive that ended in the machine crashing through the roof of an army hut in Marlborough Lines”.
Pilot - Flt Lt Frederick Thomas Williams MBE (aged 30) - died 18/1/22 (one week later) at Connaught Military Hospital, Farnborough
Sources:
1. Thursday 19 January 1922, Western Daily Press, Bristol
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1925.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAT_Bantam
4. http://www.britishaviation-ptp.com/b/bat_bantam.html
5. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/Accidents/Jan22.html
6. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17098-RAF-fatalities-1922
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2018 20:24 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
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