ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208426
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Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1939 |
Time: | day |
Type: | Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 |
Owner/operator: | 79 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | L1593 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Ditchling Common, East Sussex -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Hawker Hurricane Mk.I L1593, 79 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, Bromley, Kent: Written off (destroyed) 20/6/39 when struck by lightning and crashed, Ditchling Common, East Sussex. Pilot - Sgt Leonard Frank Davis (aged 26) - was killed. According to the official Air Ministry announcement in "Flight" (June 29, 1939 - see link #3):
"FLYING ACCIDENTS
Sgt. Leonard Frank Davis (flying solo) lost his life in an accident which occurred at Ditchling Common, East Sussex, on June 20 to an aircraft of No. 79 Squadron"
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J. Halley, Air Britain, 1983)
2.
http://www.rcawsey.co.uk/Acc1939.htm 3.
https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1939/1939%20-%202003.PDF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Mar-2018 17:17 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
03-Oct-2018 07:11 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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