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| Date: | Thursday 16 February 1939 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Hawker Audax Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 2 FTS RAF |
| Registration: | K7366 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Clanfield, Bampton, S of RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire |
Hawker Audax K7366 : Written off (destroyed) 16/2/39 when dived into the ground at night at Clanfield, Bampton, south of RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire.
P/O Carleton Allenby Ross (pilot and a Canadian citizen) - was killed.
According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" magazine (22/03/1939, page 186 - see link #3)
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
P/O Carleton Allenby Ross (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred at Clanfield, Oxford, on February 16, to an aircraft of No. 2 Flying Training School, Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxford."
Flying Officer (Pilot) Carlton "Llenby" Ross, RAF Service Number 41020, aged 21, came from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft K1000-K9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1976 page 60)
2. http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm
3. https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%200510.PDF
4. http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/09825.php
5. Winnipeg Free Press, February 17, 1939 page 1 at https://newspaperarchive.com/winnipeg-free-press-feb-17-1939-p-1/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2018 19:38 | Dr. John Smith | Added |
| 23-Nov-2018 18:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Operator, ] |
| 29-Jul-2024 10:45 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator, ] |
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