ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157472
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Gloster Gauntlet Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 17 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7822 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Just outside RAF North Weald, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
| RAF North Weald | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gauntlet Mk.II K7822, 17 Squadron, RAF: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 6.6.39: Undershot a night landing, touching down just outside the boundary of RAF Station North Weald, Essex. The Gauntlet struck a hedge then ran into a ditch, turning over. The pilot received serious injuries, from which he died in Woolwich Hospital the following day.
Sgt Gordon Allan Hughes (aged 22) RAFVR, died as the result of a flying accident. R.I.P. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (June 22, 1939 page 628 - see link #5)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sgt. Gordon Allan Hughes died in Woolwich Hospital on June 7 as the result of injuries received in an accident which occurred in Essex."
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. RAF Casualties-1939
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. http://www.nwamuseum.co.uk/remembering.htm
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201903.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2013 20:45 | angels one five | Added |
| 26-Jul-2013 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Aug-2013 06:30 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 26-Jan-2018 01:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Mar-2018 19:35 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2023 18:34 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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