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| Date: | Friday 4 August 1939 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Miles Magister Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 151 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2495 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | South Stoke, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Weald, Essex |
Miles Magister Mk.I P2495, 151 Squadron, North Weald: Written off (destroyed) 4.8.39 when hit roof of a public house while low-flying, over South Stoke, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. One of the two crew was killed:
Crew:
Pilot Officer Peter Phillips (pilot) killed
Pilot Officer John Frederick Pettigrew injured (Australian) injured
According to a contemporary report in "Flight" August 17 1939, page 161 - see link #4)
"P/O Peter Phillips lost his life and P/O John Fredrick Pettigrew was seriously injured as the result of an accident which occurred at Goring-on-Thames on August 4 to a Royal Air Force aircraft. P/O Phillips was the pilot of the aircraft and P/O Pettigrew the only other occupant."
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
2. http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/151-squadron-orb-addendum-posts.37247/
3. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9928-Squadron-Leader-John-Fredric-Pettigrew-36156&styleid=3
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939-1-%20-%200535.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2018 23:47 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 31-Mar-2018 23:16 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Oct-2018 18:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Sep-2020 08:47 | db | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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