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| Date: | Tuesday 17 January 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles M.16 Mentor Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | Eastchurch SF RAF |
| Registration: | L4414 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tangham Forest nr Butley 8 mi ESE of Martlesham Heath, Suffolk England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent |
17.1.39: Miles Mentor I L4414, RAF Eastchurch Station Flight, written off (destroyed) when dived into ground, Tangham Forest, near Butley, 8 miles east-south-east of Martlesham Heath, Suffolk. Of the two persons on board, one - Flying Officer Geoffrey Beavis (pass.) RAF was killed, and the other - Air Vice Marshall Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave CB DSO DFC (pilot) RAF was injured. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (January 26, 1939, page 87 - see link #7)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
F/O Geoffrey Beavis lost his life and A.V.-M. Henry Meyrick Cave-Browne-Cave, C.B., D.S.O., D.F.C. (pilot) was seriously injured in an accident which occurred at Butley, Suffolk, on January 17, to an aircraft from the Royal Air Force Station, Eastchurch, Kent".
Sources:
1. http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/3853/
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cave-Browne-Cave#Inter-war_years
4. Obituary: Air Vice-Marshal H. M. Cave-Browne-Cave. The Times, Tuesday, Aug 10, 1965; pg. 8; Issue 56396
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_Mentor
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1930-1939_35.html
7. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1939/1939%20-%200213.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Aug-2016 19:03 | TB | Added |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:20 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2017 22:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 22-Mar-2018 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Mar-2018 17:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Nov-2019 10:38 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jul-2024 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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