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Date: | Thursday 21 July 1938 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Fairey Battle Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 105 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | K7689 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Lasham, near Alton, Basingstoke Hampshire, England -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Battle K7689: Written off (destroyed) 21/7/38 when abandoned after control lost, over Lasham, near Alton, Basingstoke, Hampshire, during searchlight co-operation exercise.
Crew:
AC.1 Francis Howard KENT (517054) RAF - killed on active service 21/7/1938
AC.1 Albert William James ROBINSON (550084) RAF - killed on active service 21/7/1938
Sgt (580040) Albert Joseph Charles EAGLES (pilot) RAF - bailed out unhurt
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" Magazine (July 28, 1938 page 92 - see link #5):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
No. 517054 A/C.1 Albert William James Robinson and No. 550084 A/C.1 Francis Howard Kent lost their lives in an accident which occurred near Basingstoke on July 21, to an aircraft of No. 105 (Bomber) Squadron, Harwell, Berkshire. A/C Robinson and A/C. Kent formed the crew of the aircraft, the pilot of which, No. 580040 Sgt. Albert Joseph Charles Eagles, was not injured."
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 63)
2. Belfast News-Letter - Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland 22 July 1938
3. Ballymena Weekly Telegraph - Ballymena, Antrim, Northern Ireland 30 July 1938
4. The Battle File (Sidney Shail, Air Britain, 1997 p,129)
5.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 6.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1938/1938%20-%202182.PDF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
14-Mar-2018 20:04 |
Dr. John Smith |
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14-Mar-2018 20:07 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Operator] |
16-Oct-2018 19:18 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
22-Oct-2020 22:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
31-Jan-2022 20:11 |
Lipatov Sergey |
Updated [Narrative] |
03-Nov-2022 06:24 |
KLN |
Updated [Narrative] |