ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 189539
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| Date: | Friday 21 July 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 166 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K9002 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Scorbrough Rise, Beverley near RAF Leconfield -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
On 21.7.39, Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mk.III K9002,of 166 Sqn, RAF Leconfield, crashed in fog, atand flew into trees, Scorbrough Rise, Beverley, near RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire. All three crew were killed:
Pilot Officer Joseph Murray Brockbank killed
Pilot Officer George Buchanan Baker killed
Sgt Philip Mealing killed
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (July 29, 1939 page 84 - see link #5):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O George Buchanan Baker, P/O . Joseph Murray Brockbank, and Sgt. Phillip Mealing lost their lives in an accident which occurred at Scarborough on July 21 to an aircraft of No. 166 Squadron."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 75)
2. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/18563/
3. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?843-Collision-21st-July-1939
5. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200276.PDF
6. http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/scottishwargraves-post-29106.html
7. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C6576873
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2016 13:09 | TB | Added |
| 26-Nov-2017 00:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2018 18:05 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Mar-2018 18:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 18:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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