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Date: | Tuesday 6 June 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Handley Page Hampden Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 61 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L4107 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Tentsmuir, 5 miles east of RAF Leuchars, Fife, Scotland -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Handley Page Hampden Mk.I L4107, 61 Squadron, RAF Hemswell: Written off (destroyed) 6/6/39 when stalled and crashed into the sea on air-firing exercise, off Tentsmuir, five miles east of RAF Leuchars, Fife. (Location of loss cited as 56'22.00"N, 2'4.00"W).
Crew:
Flying Officer Alner George Newton (pilot) RAF killed
Sgt George Harold Fawcett (obs) RAF killed
AC1 Robert Glynn Thomas (WOp/AG) killed
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (June 22, 1939 page 628 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Alner George Newton, Sgt. George Harold Fawcett and A/C. 1 Robert Glynn Thomas lost their lives in an accident which occurred in Fifeshire, on June 6, to an aircraft of No. 61 Squadron."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (Jamews J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2. Whittaker, I G. (1998) Off Scotland: a comprehensive record of maritime and aviation losses in Scottish waters. Edinburgh. Page(s): 195
3.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 4.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%201903.PDF 5.
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?11656-P-O-Alner-George-Newton-06-06-39 6.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128422715/alner-george-newton 7.
https://canmore.org.uk/site/307356/handley-page-hampden-north-sea Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2018 00:24 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
24-Jul-2018 19:54 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location] |
03-Nov-2018 09:03 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
10-Jul-2023 09:15 |
Nepa |
Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |