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| Date: | Monday 31 January 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Hart |
| Owner/operator: | 1 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K3744 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stravithie Station, near St Andrews, Fife, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife |
Hawker Hart K3744 of 1 FTS, RAF Leuchars: Written off (destroyed) 31.1.38 when crashed onto the railway line, near Stravithie Station, near St Andrews, Fife. Pilot Flying Officer Richard Stratton Laybourne (aged 23) killed. (He was also a Lt in the Welsh Guards). According to a contemporary report in "Flight" magazine (3.2.38 page 116 see link #3):
"Lt. Richard Stratton Laybourne, Welsh Guards, F/O., R.A.F., lost his life in an accident which occurred near St. Andrews, Fife, on January 31 to an aircraft of No. 1 F.T.S., Leuchars, Fife".
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J, Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%200328.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Feb-2018 21:43 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
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