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| Date: | Wednesday 23 April 1930 |
| Time: | 06:55 LT |
| Type: | Fairey IIIF |
| Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | S1201 |
| MSN: | F.926 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Heliopolis -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Khartoum |
(1) Crashed shortly after take-off on return flight to Khartoum due to engine failure.
Pilot Officer Francis Slade Barron (26)
AC.1 Cyril Fred Davis (22)
The "Western Morning News" of 25.4.30 reported that Barron and Davis were killed in an accident involving a Fairey IIIF of 47 Squadron. The "Portsmouth Evening News" of 23.4.30 reported that the aircraft crashed at Heliopolis at 6.55 a.m., local time. (1) La Nación (Santiago) 24 April 1930, p11
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Accf1939.htm
2. http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1201
3. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/var/resizes/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1202.JPG?m%3D1419052832&imgrefurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1202&docid=2TjI320-6lGXiM&tbnid=0A0sSUYeVjztZM:&vet=1&w=549&h=365&itg=1&source=sh/x/im
4. http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/var/resizes/MEAF/Crashes/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crash/Fairey-IIIF-S1201-Crashed-1203.JPG?m%3D1419052832&imgrefurl=http://www.rafcommands.com/galleries/photos/1011&docid=TnzJjavy6FLFUM&tbnid=xeG7_6UFA1HZSM:&vet=1&w=547&h=366&itg=1&source=sh/x/im
5. https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?58965-Napier-Lion-in-Sahara&p=946327#post946327
6. http://www.orpheusweb.co.uk/vicsmith/OldAccs/Apr30.html
7. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33685/page/706/data.pdf
8. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?21675-CAIRO-NEW-BRITISH-PROTESTANT-CEMETERY-Non-World-War-Dead&p=126750&styleid=3
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2018 18:49 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 03-May-2018 12:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2018 07:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2023 19:18 | TB | Updated |
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