ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143890
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1954 |
| Time: | 11:20 |
| Type: | Hawker Sea Hawk F.2 |
| Owner/operator: | 738 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | WF256 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rhoscranog Cross, in the parish of Llandeloy, Pembrokeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Goldcrest, RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Monday morning 27 Sept 1954: Lieutenant Robert G. Dale in a Hawker Sea Hawk took off from RNAS Brawdy, he only reached a height of some 100 ft before the aircraft crashed into a field at Rhoscranog Cross in the parish of Llandeloy, Pembrokeshire, some 3 miles ENE of Brawdy. This was the 1st fatality since the station was commissioned. Lt Dale was a native of Nariobi and buried at Brawdy church. The inquest returned a verdict of accidental death.
Sources:
1. My research into Military Headstones of Pembrokeshire 1722 to 2008
2. http://www.naval-history.net/xDKCas1954.htm
3. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WF
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20160423024448/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/Aircraft_by_Type/SeaHawk.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Feb-2012 09:10 | Benfrobmw | Added |
| 22-Feb-2012 09:11 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 27-Dec-2012 14:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2013 11:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Sep-2013 19:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2020 23:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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