ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 69092
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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Gloster Gladiator Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 56 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K7994 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near RAF North Weald, Essex, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
| RAF North Weald, Essex | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Gloster Gladiator Mk.I K7994:
19/07/37 Delivered From Manufacturer to 56 Sqaudron, RAF at North Weald, Essex.
28/04/38 Written off (damaged beyond repair) when engine cut and hit fence in forced landing near North Weald. According to a published source (see link #4):
"A Gladiator, K7994, came to grief near the airfield following engine failure whilst in the control of Sergeant 564608 J W Elliott aged 23 years. The engine failure itself may have ended in a less catastrophic outcome for the aircraft except for the appearance, during the last moments of an enforced glide, of a house in front of the aircraft. In trying to avoid the house the wings became entangled in a tree. Although the aircraft was wrecked the pilot escaped reasonably intact – under the circumstances!"
28/06/38 Struck Off Charge (total of 124 hours on airframe).
Sources:
1. Air-Britain The K File The RAF of the 1930s
2. http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/gladiator_raf_56.htm
3. http://nwamuseum.co.uk/IncidentsWestEssexto2000-1.pdf?ckattempt=1
4. http://www.brynelliott.co.uk/about_htm_files/WESTESSEXcrashesMishaps2Peacetime.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2009 11:37 | JINX | Added |
| 15-Jan-2012 14:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 17-Jul-2013 19:45 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Aug-2013 15:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 09-Aug-2013 16:57 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 03-Jun-2015 15:26 | Quentin | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 28-Jan-2016 12:07 | JINX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 11-Mar-2018 23:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-May-2023 18:31 | Nepa | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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