ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2193
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 May 1937 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 5 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4386 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marine Lake, West Kirby, Wirral, Cheshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Sealand, Flintshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The plane wreckage in the Marine Lake was a Hawker Audax (serial number K4386) and the event happened in May 1937. Also, my recollection is that the (training) plane was up from RAF Sealand, rather than Liverpool or Hooton.
The aircraft was from No.5 FTS which at the time was stationed at Sealand. There isn’t an accident report for the incident that I know of, but there is a copy of the F1180 which doesn’t say very much, the following is what is written as a description of the accident. The forced landing was at night, the duty is entered as night flying practice.
“Forced landing (lost). Landed by aid of promenade lights at West Kirby. Beach selected for landing but a/c landing in Marine Lake in about 3 feet of water, turned up on nose & later was blown over onto back.”
The pilot is recorded as Acting Pilot Officer M.J. Earle (Possibly – 39164 Michael John EARLE RAF of Wanganui, New Zealand). The aircraft was relegated to a ground instructional airframe (936M) in July 1937
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (JHames J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 33)
2. http://www.westkirby.org/friday-photo-150717/
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?19013-1937-Crash-of-Hawker-Audax-K4386
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2008 14:09 | JINX | Added |
| 04-Mar-2018 16:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator] |
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