ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68585
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Date: | Tuesday 22 January 1935 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bristol Bulldog Mk IIA |
Owner/operator: | 3 FTS RAF |
Registration: | K2953 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Elworth, near Sandbach, Cheshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Spitalgate, Grantham, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) 22/1/35 at Elworth, near Sandbach, Cheshire (at approximate co ordinates 53.146°N 2.367°W). Aircraft flew into the ground in bad visibility on cross-country navigational exercise. CREW: Pilot Officer (Acting) Douglas Howard Clinch (pilot, aged 19) RAF killed.
Sources:
1. Air Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17884-RAF-fatalities-1935 3.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm 4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elworth Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
07-Oct-2009 00:40 |
JINX |
Added |
16-May-2013 16:48 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
13-Jul-2013 03:28 |
JINX |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
15-Nov-2016 19:52 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Apr-2018 17:20 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
19-Oct-2018 19:06 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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