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Date: | Monday 9 March 1936 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 26 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K3076 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Atley Hill, near Scorton, North Yorkshire -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Audax I K3076, 26 Sqn, RAF Catterick, North Yorkshire: Written off (destroyed) 9/3/36 when crashed in bad weather, at Atley Hill, near Scorton, North Yorkshire (at approximate co ordinates 54.41628°N 1.55857°W). Both crew killed:
Flying Officer Robert Legg (aged 35, who was also a Lt, 1st Battn Kings Own Scottish Borderers)
Flying Officer Peter Godfrey (aged 26, who was also a Lt, in the Royal Artillery)
According to a contemporary newspaper report (Singapore Morning Tribune, 10 March 1936, Page 1 - see link #4):
"Ex-Singapore R.A.F. Man Killed
London, March 9.
FLYING Officer Peter Godfrey, formerly of the Royal Artillery, and stationed at Singapore until last year, when he joined the R.A-F., was killed with Plying Officer Robert Legg in a crash at Atley Hill, Yorkshire. (Reuters)"
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm 3.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/34476320@N02/12091878544 4. Singapore Morning Tribune, 10 March 1936, Page 1 at
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/morningtribune19360310-1.2.3 Revision history:
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17-Feb-2008 04:38 |
JINX |
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26-Jan-2012 14:49 |
Nepa |
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14-Jul-2013 03:12 |
JINX |
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02-Mar-2018 13:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
06-Apr-2018 13:21 |
Dr. John Smith |
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10-Nov-2018 07:21 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |