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| Date: | Wednesday 12 October 1938 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Hawker Osprey Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 801 Sqn FAA RAF |
| Registration: | S1696 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Firth of Forth, off HMS Furious, near Bass Rock -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | HMS Furious, Firth of Forth |
Hawker Osprey I S1696, 801 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Furious: Written off (destroyed) 12/10/38 when crashed into sea off HMS Furious, near Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth. Pilot - Flying Officer John Newton Snow (Lt, Royal Marines) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (October 20, 1938 page 342 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Lt. (F/O, R.A.F.) John Newton Snow, Royal Marines, lost his life in an accident which occurred off the Bass Rock, Firth of Forth, on October 12, to an aircraft of No. 801 (Fleet Fighter) Squadron, embarked in H.M.S. Furious. Lt. Snow was the pilot and sole occupant"
Sources:
1. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
2. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%202878.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Mar-2018 23:20 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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