ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2285
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 November 1936 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Blackburn Baffin Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 812 Sqn FAA RAF |
| Registration: | K2884 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Hal Far -
 Malta
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hal Far, Malta |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Blackburn Baffin K2884 was written-off on 24/11/1936 after a cyclone hit Malta. The hangar housing the Baffins was uplifted and destroyed. All eight of 812’s aircraft were written-off, including K2885, K2886, K2887, K3559, K3590, K4776, K4778.
Aircraft, along with K2885, originally built as a Blackburn Ripon Mk IIC and converted to Baffin before deliver to RAF.
Sources:
Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
http://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/AccidentsMilitary/19301939/tabid/648/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2008 22:57 | JINX | Added |
| 21-Jan-2012 04:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 21-Jan-2012 04:25 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator]] |
| 14-Mar-2013 22:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2013 08:33 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Source] |
| 02-Aug-2013 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Aug-2013 22:51 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2013 10:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Aug-2013 04:17 | JINX | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2015 12:23 | Paco | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 12-Jan-2021 15:13 | Castleace | Updated [Narrative] |
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