Date:	Saturday 8 April 1939
Time:	day
Type:	Fairey Battle Mk I
Owner/operator:	106 Sqn RAF
Registration:	K7563
MSN:	F.2321
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire -   United Kingdom
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:	RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
Battle K7563 was built to contract 424738/35 by Fairey Aviation at Heaton Chapel, Stockport, as the sixth production Battle from Faireys Stockport factory; it had first flown at Barton in late May 1937 and was delivered to 63 Squadron on 9th June 1937. It suffered a Cat.R/FA accident on 13th October 1938. It was repaired and returned to service, being transferred to 106 Squadron on 10th January 1939 after completion of repairs.

On 8th April 1939 the pilot of this aircraft was returning to Thornaby airfield following a training flight, but when he landed back at Thornaby, he forgot to lower the undercarriage. The aircraft was badly damaged in the resultant belly landing with Cat.W/FA damage recorded. As a result, K7563 was struck off charge with 697.45 hours total flying time.

Pilot - Pilot Officer Alan Claude Dier RAF (40090), of Crowbridge, Sussex - uninjured

1. The K File - The RAF of the 1930s (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1995 p.125)
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 62)
3. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p.125)
4. http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/yorksother/k7563.html
5. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1253618/
6. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1226123/
7. https://www.airliners.net/photo/UK-Air-Force/Fairey-Battle-Mk1/1680537/L
8. http://www.rafupwood.co.uk/expansionm.html
9. http://www.dtvmovements.co.uk/Archivesmonths/1985/1985%20-%20Mar.pdf

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
09-Jan-2015 23:19	Dr. John Smith	Added
09-Jan-2015 23:24	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Cn, Narrative]
06-Jun-2015 09:42	Charlie Harper	Updated [Operator]
30-Jul-2015 18:46	TB	Updated [Operator, Embed code, Narrative]
23-Apr-2016 13:53	Anon.	Updated [Embed code]
26-Jan-2018 02:04	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator, Embed code]
14-Mar-2018 20:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Operator]
27-Oct-2018 20:51	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
29-Oct-2020 22:59	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative]