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| Date: | Friday 1 January 1937 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Hart |
| Owner/operator: | 6 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K4952 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Tidworth, Wiltshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Netheravon, Wiltshire |
| RAF Netheravon |
Hart Trainer K4952, 6 FTS, Netheravon: Written off (damaged beyond repair) 1/1/37 when stalled on approach to forced landing, to RAF Netheravon, and came down at North Tidworth, Wiltshire. One of the two crew was killed:
LAC Frank William Barrett (student) RAF killed
Sgt Norman Pickard injured (pilot) RAF injured
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (7 January 1937 page 26 - see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
...Also that L.A/C Frank William Barrett lost his life, and Sgt. Norman Pickard was injured, as the result of an accident which occurred at North Tidworth on January 1, to an aircraft of No. 6 Flying Training School, Netheravon. Sgt. Pickard was the pilot of the aircraft and L.A/C. Barrett the passenger."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1937.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1937/1937%20-%200048.html
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2018 17:55 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 07-Apr-2018 23:15 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Nov-2018 17:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2024 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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