ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20009
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| Date: | Monday 28 March 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 8 E&RFTS RAF |
| Registration: | L6916 |
| MSN: | 537 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kidmore End, Sonning Common, Oxfordshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Woodley, nr Reading, Berkshire |
| RAF Woodley, Berkshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Miles Magister I L6916, 8 E&RFTS, Woodley Aerodrome, Reading, Berkshire. Written off (destroyed 28.3.38 when dived into ground, Kidmore End, Sonning Comman, Oxfordshire. Pilot LAC Herbert Edward Griffiths (aged 22) killed
Ab Initio Air Gunner pilot with 1 hour 35 mins solo practising medium turns and side slipping seen to descend in steep Left Handed spiral dive from about 1,500 feet. Crashed into ground and pilot killed. One of several similar accidents to RAF aircraft - subsequently corrected by modifications to rear fuselage with the fitting of anti-spin strakes and a higher aspect-ratio rudder.
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (31.3.38 page 322 - see link #3):
"L.A/C. Herbert Edward Griffiths lost his life in an accident at Kidmore End, Oxford, on March 28, to an aircraft of No. 8 Elementary and Reserve F.T.S., Reading."
Sources:
1. Miles Aircraft - (The early years) 1925-1939 - page 267 - Peter Amos - Air Britain(Historians) Ltd
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%200896.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2008 00:46 | JINX | Added |
| 23-Jan-2012 03:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Source] |
| 04-Aug-2013 15:08 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Source] |
| 02-May-2017 14:10 | bucko386 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 02:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Nov-2018 16:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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