ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 68728
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hawker Fury Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K2079 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr Canterbury, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hawkinge, Kent |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
K2079 - DBR in forced landing in fog when undercarriage leg collapsed.4.9.1936
Crew:
F/O (36013) Francis George FROW (pilot) RAF - uninjured. Date confirmed as 3rd Sept 1936 (not 4th Sept 1936) via Gloucester Citizen dated Friday 04 September 1936. "Flying Officer F.G. Frow, the 25th Squadron. escaped uninjured yesterday when the machine was flying from Hawkinge. Kent, crashed in a field at Elham, near Folkestone. Another report stated "The pilot lost his bearings in the dense fog that covered East Kent during the afternoon. A wing of the machine caught a tree and after the pilot had brought the 'plane down it ran through a fence dividing two fields"
Sources:
Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
ORB 25 Sqdn RAF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2009 09:47 | JINX | Added |
| 24-Jan-2012 13:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 15-Jul-2013 08:23 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 27-Nov-2014 19:41 | Wilbur | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 02-Jun-2015 06:37 | Repac | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Oct-2019 07:32 | paulmcmillan | Updated [Date, Source, Narrative] |
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